committo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mittō (“send”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈmit.toː/, [kɔmˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈmit.to/, [komˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

committō (present infinitive committere, perfect active commīsī, supine commissum); third conjugation

1. to join together, unite, connect, put together

   Synonyms: contribuō, cōnectō, cōnserō, congerō, contrahō, convehō, cōnferō

2. to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime

   Synonyms: offendō, dēlinquō, lābor, errō

3. to begin

   Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, exorior, mōlior

   Antonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō

4. to carry on
5. to commence a battle, fight

   Synonyms: repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō, dēcertō

6. to give, entrust, commit to, give up or resign to, trust

   Synonyms: dēmandō, tribuō, trādō, reddō, dō, remittō, impertiō, addīcō, dēferō

Conjugation

Conjugation of committō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	committō	committis	committit	committimus	committitis	committunt
	imperfect	committēbam	committēbās	committēbat	committēbāmus	committēbātis	committēbant
	future	committam	committēs	committet	committēmus	committētis	committent
	perfect	commīsī	commīsistī	commīsit	commīsimus	commīsistis	commīsērunt, commīsēre
	pluperfect	commīseram	commīserās	commīserat	commīserāmus	commīserātis	commīserant
	future perfect	commīserō	commīseris	commīserit	commīserimus	commīseritis	commīserint
passive	present	committor	committeris, committere	committitur	committimur	committiminī	committuntur
	imperfect	committēbar	committēbāris, committēbāre	committēbātur	committēbāmur	committēbāminī	committēbantur
	future	committar	committēris, committēre	committētur	committēmur	committēminī	committentur
	perfect	commissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	committam	committās	committat	committāmus	committātis	committant
	imperfect	committerem	committerēs	committeret	committerēmus	committerētis	committerent
	perfect	commīserim	commīserīs	commīserit	commīserīmus	commīserītis	commīserint
	pluperfect	commīsissem	commīsissēs	commīsisset	commīsissēmus	commīsissētis	commīsissent
passive	present	committar	committāris, committāre	committātur	committāmur	committāminī	committantur
	imperfect	committerer	committerēris, committerēre	committerētur	committerēmur	committerēminī	committerentur
	perfect	commissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	committe	—	—	committite	—
	future	—	committitō	committitō	—	committitōte	committuntō
passive	present	—	committere	—	—	committiminī	—
	future	—	committitor	committitor	—	—	committuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		committere	commīsisse	commissūrum esse	committī	commissum esse	commissum īrī
participles		committēns	—	commissūrus	—	commissus	committendus, committundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		committendī	committendō	committendum	committendō	commissum	commissū

Descendants

• Catalan: cometre
• → French: commettre
• Friulian: cometi
• Italian: commettere
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cometer
  • Portuguese: cometer
• ⇒ Romanian: încumeta
• → comite
• Sicilian: cummèttiri
• Spanish: cometer
• → English: commit

References

• “committo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “committo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• committo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set out on a journey: viae se committere
    
  • to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
    
  • to entrust a thing to a person's good faith: committere aliquid alicui or alicuius fidei
    
  • to put oneself entirely in some one's hands: totum se committere, tradere alicui
    
  • to commit crime: scelus facere, committere
    
  • to do a criminal deed: facinus facere, committere
    
  • to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
    
  • to commit some blameworthy action: culpam committere, contrahere
    
  • to take care not to..: non committere, ut...
    
  • (1) to begin the battle, (2) to give battle: proelium committere
    
• committo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016