dēmersĭo

ōnis, f.

demergo

I. a being sunk down, a sinking (late Lat. and rare).
I. Prop.: urbium, Sol. 40, 5.—
II. Trop.: temporalis (animae), Macr. S. 1, 12 fin.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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