admitto

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Latin admittō

From ad- + mittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈmɪt.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈmit.to]

Verb

admittō (present infinitive admittere, perfect active admīsī, supine admissum); third conjugation

1. to let in, admit

   Synonyms: sufferō, perferō, sustineō, dūrō, perpetior, subeō, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, patiō, sustentō, ferō

   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.13:

     Vīve cum servō clēmenter, cōmiter quoque, et in sermōnem illum admitte et in cōnsilium et in convictum.

     Live with a slave mercifully, and even courteously, and admit him into conversation, into counsel, and into your banquet.

2. to perpetrate, commit

   Synonyms: perpetrō, committō, dēlinquō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of admittō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	admittō		admittis		admittit		admittimus		admittitis		admittunt
	imperfect	admittēbam		admittēbās		admittēbat		admittēbāmus		admittēbātis		admittēbant
	future	admittam		admittēs		admittet		admittēmus		admittētis		admittent
	perfect	admīsī		admīsistī		admīsit		admīsimus		admīsistis		admīsērunt, admīsēre
	pluperfect	admīseram		admīserās		admīserat		admīserāmus		admīserātis		admīserant
	future perfect	admīserō		admīseris		admīserit		admīserimus		admīseritis		admīserint
passive	present	admittor		admitteris, admittere		admittitur		admittimur		admittiminī		admittuntur
	imperfect	admittēbar		admittēbāris, admittēbāre		admittēbātur		admittēbāmur		admittēbāminī		admittēbantur
	future	admittar		admittēris, admittēre		admittētur		admittēmur		admittēminī		admittentur
	perfect	admissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	admissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	admissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	admittam		admittās		admittat		admittāmus		admittātis		admittant
	imperfect	admitterem		admitterēs		admitteret		admitterēmus		admitterētis		admitterent
	perfect	admīserim		admīserīs		admīserit		admīserīmus		admīserītis		admīserint
	pluperfect	admīsissem		admīsissēs		admīsisset		admīsissēmus		admīsissētis		admīsissent
passive	present	admittar		admittāris, admittāre		admittātur		admittāmur		admittāminī		admittantur
	imperfect	admitterer		admitterēris, admitterēre		admitterētur		admitterēmur		admitterēminī		admitterentur
	perfect	admissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	admissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		admitte		—		—		admittite		—
	future	—		admittitō		admittitō		—		admittitōte		admittuntō
passive	present	—		admittere		—		—		admittiminī		—
	future	—		admittitor		admittitor		—		—		admittuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		admittere			admittī			admittēns			—
future		admissūrum esse			admissum īrī			admissūrus			admittendus, admittundus
perfect		admīsisse			admissum esse			—			admissus
future perfect		—			admissum fore			—			—
perfect potential		admissūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		admittendī		admittendō		admittendum		admittendō		admissum		admissū

Derived terms

• admissor

Descendants

• Asturian: almitir
• Catalan: admetre
• English: admit, admittatur
• French: admettre, admittatur
• Galician: admitir
• Istriot: améti
• Italian: ammettere
• Portuguese: admitir
• Romanian: admite
• Spanish: admitir
• Venetan: ametar

References

• “admitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “admitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “admitto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give a horse the reins: admittere, permittere equum
    
  • to admit a person into one's society: aliquem socium admittere
    
  • to obtain an audience of some one: (ad colloquium) admitti (B. C. 3. 57)
    
  • to commit some blameworthy action: facinus, culpam in se admittere