demitto

Latin

Etymology

From de (“from, away from, down from”) + mittō (“send; emit; throw, cast”).

Verb

present active dēmittō, present infinitive dēmittere, perfect active dēmīsī, supine dēmissum.

1. I send or bring down, cause to hang or fall down; drop, flow, shed, sag, sink, lower, put down, let fall.
2. I cast down, throw, thrust, plunge, drive.
3. (with se) I let myself down, stoop, descend, walk or ride down.
4. (military) I send, bring or lead soldiers down into a lower place.
5. (figuratively) I cast down, demote; depress, dispirit.
6. (figuratively) I engage in, enter or embark upon, meddle with.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmittō	dēmittis	dēmittit	dēmittimus	dēmittitis	dēmittunt
	future	dēmittam	dēmittēs	dēmittet	dēmittēmus	dēmittētis	dēmittent
	imperfect	dēmittēbam	dēmittēbās	dēmittēbat	dēmittēbāmus	dēmittēbātis	dēmittēbant
	perfect	dēmīsī	dēmīsistī	dēmīsit	dēmīsimus	dēmīsistis	dēmīsērunt
	future perfect	dēmīserō	dēmīseris	dēmīserit	dēmīserimus	dēmīseritis	dēmīserint
	pluperfect	dēmīseram	dēmīserās	dēmīserat	dēmīserāmus	dēmīserātis	dēmīserant
passive	present	dēmittor	dēmitteris	dēmittitur	dēmittimur	dēmittiminī	dēmittuntur
	future	dēmittar	dēmittēris	dēmittētur	dēmittēmur	dēmittēminī	dēmittentur
	imperfect	dēmittēbar	dēmittēbāris	dēmittēbātur	dēmittēbāmur	dēmittēbāminī	dēmittēbantur
	perfect	Use dēmissus m, dēmissa f, dēmissum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use dēmissus m, dēmissa f, dēmissum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use dēmissus m, dēmissa f, dēmissum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēmittam	dēmittās	dēmittat	dēmittāmus	dēmittātis	dēmittant
	imperfect	dēmitterem	dēmitterēs	dēmitteret	dēmitterēmus	dēmitterētis	dēmitterent
	perfect	dēmīserim	dēmīserīs	dēmīserit	dēmīserīmus	dēmīserītis	dēmīserint
	pluperfect	dēmīsissem	dēmīsissēs	dēmīsisset	dēmīsissēmus	dēmīsissētis	dēmīsissent
passive	present	dēmittar	dēmittāris	dēmittātur	dēmittāmur	dēmittāminī	dēmittantur
	imperfect	dēmitterer	dēmitterēris	dēmitterētur	dēmitterēmur	dēmitterēminī	dēmitterentur
	perfect	Use dēmissus m, dēmissa f, dēmissum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use dēmissus m, dēmissa f, dēmissum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	dēmitte	dēmittitō	dēmittitō	dēmittere	dēmittitor	dēmittitor
	plural	dēmittite	dēmittitōte	dēmittuntō	dēmittiminī	—	dēmittuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēmittere	dēmīsisse	dēmissūrus esse	dēmittī	dēmissus esse	dēmissum īrī
participles		dēmittēns (dēmittentis)	—	dēmissūrus-ra, -rum	—	dēmissus-a, -um	dēmittendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• dēmissē
• dēmissīcius
• dēmissiō
• dēmissus

Related terms

Related terms

admittō āmittō circummittō committō dīmittō

ēmittō immittō intermittō intrōmittō mittō

omittō permittō praemittō praetermittō prōmittō

remittō submittō supermittō trānsmittō

Descendants

• Catalan: demetre
• English: demit
• Portuguese: demitir

References

• demitto in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879