I.v. dep. n., to die off, to die, depart, decease (i. e. from an office, out of a circle of associates, etc., cf. Fabri ad Liv. 23, 21, 7. In the class. per. only in the perf. or part. perf.; not found in Caes. and the Aug. poets).
I. Lit.: “paene sum fame demortuus,” Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 62: “cum esset ex veterum numero quidam senator demortuus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124; cf.: “tantum hominum demortuum esse, ut, etc.,” Liv. 40, 19; 26, 23; Curt. 8, 10: “alii sunt alias, nostrique familiares fere demortui,” Cic. Att. 16, 11 fin.: “posse evenire, ut demoriantur mancipia,” Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—So in pub. law lang.: “in demortui (magistratus) locum creatur, sufficitur, etc.,” Liv. 5, 31 Drak.; 23, 21 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9; Suet. Caes. 41 al.—
II. Trop.
A. To depart, be gone: “potationes plurimae demortuae, Quot adeo cenae, quas deflevi, mortuae!” Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 58: “demortua vocabula,” obsolete, Gell. 9, 2, 11.—
B. With acc. pers., to be dying for love of any one (cf. depereo): “ea demoritur te,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 23; 4, 2, 49.
