dē-mando — Lewis & Short
dē-mando, āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to give in charge, to intrust, commit, commend (not ante-Aug.; cf., on the contrary, commendo; most freq. in Suet.;
not found in Quint. or Tac.): simul plures pueri unius (sc. paedagogi) curae demandabantur,Liv. 5, 27:
amicam alicui,Suet. Oth. 3:
aliquem mergendum mari servis ipsius,id. Ner. 35:
testamentum virgini Vestali,id. Caes. 83:
curam sauciorum militum legatis tribunisque,Liv. 8, 36:
funeris sui curam alicui,Suet. Tib. 51:
bellum,id. Aug. 10:
in proximam civitatem demandari,to be sent there for safety, id. Calig. 9; cf.
conjuges liberosque abditis insulis,Just. 2, 12, 6.