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demissio

demissio, a letting down, sinking, lowering

dēmissĭo, ōnis, f. [demitto], a letting down, sinking, lowering (very rare).
  • I Prop.: storiarum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5: barbae, a letting grow, Macr. S. 1, 22, 4.—In plur.: clipei aenei demissiones, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.—
  • II Trop. *
    • A (Acc. to demissus, no. II. A.): animi, dejection, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14. —*
    • B In medic. lang., an abatement, mitigation (opp. accessio), Coel. Aur. Acut. 1, 4.

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