Demeto, démetis, penult. corr. demessui, demessum, demétere. Col. To reape: to gather.Demetere arua. Catul. Flores. Col. To gather flowers.Ferro demetere aliquid. Horat. To reap or cut downe with a sickle. Demetere ac percipere fructus.Cic.Tempora demetendis frugibus ac percipiendis accommodata sunt.Cic.Fittz to reape and carrie in graine.Ense demetere aliquem. Valer. Flac. To cut off ones head, or to cut him in sunder with.