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dimitto

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ mittere (to send).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dīmittō (present infinitive dīmittere, perfect active dīmīsī, supine dīmissum); third conjugation

  1. to send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.569–571:
      “Seu vōs Hesperiam magnam Sāturniaque arva,
      sīve Erycīs fīnīs rēgemque optātis Acestēn,
      auxiliō tūtōs dīmittam, opibusque iuvābō.”
      “Whatever your choices – great Hesperia and the fields of Saturn, or the land of Eryx and King Acestes – I shall send [you] forth with protective escorts, and help with supplies.” – Queen Dido
  2. to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake
    Synonyms: dēserō, dēstituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, concēdō, dēdō, abiciō, prōdō, dēspondeō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.8:
      audī fīlī mī disciplīnam patris tuī et nē dīmittās lēgem mātris tuae
      My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  3. to pardon, forgive, condone
    Synonyms: ignōscō, parcō, remittō, āmittō, dōnō, perdōnō, condōnō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of dīmittō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīmittō dīmittis dīmittit dīmittimus dīmittitis dīmittunt
imperfect dīmittēbam dīmittēbās dīmittēbat dīmittēbāmus dīmittēbātis dīmittēbant
future dīmittam dīmittēs dīmittet dīmittēmus dīmittētis dīmittent
perfect dīmīsī dīmīsistī dīmīsit dīmīsimus dīmīsistis dīmīsērunt,
dīmīsēre
pluperfect dīmīseram dīmīserās dīmīserat dīmīserāmus dīmīserātis dīmīserant
future perfect dīmīserō dīmīseris dīmīserit dīmīserimus dīmīseritis dīmīserint
passive present dīmittor dīmitteris,
dīmittere
dīmittitur dīmittimur dīmittiminī dīmittuntur
imperfect dīmittēbar dīmittēbāris,
dīmittēbāre
dīmittēbātur dīmittēbāmur dīmittēbāminī dīmittēbantur
future dīmittar dīmittēris,
dīmittēre
dīmittētur dīmittēmur dīmittēminī dīmittentur
perfect dīmissus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīmissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīmittam dīmittās dīmittat dīmittāmus dīmittātis dīmittant
imperfect dīmitterem dīmitterēs dīmitteret dīmitterēmus dīmitterētis dīmitterent
perfect dīmīserim dīmīserīs dīmīserit dīmīserīmus dīmīserītis dīmīserint
pluperfect dīmīsissem dīmīsissēs dīmīsisset dīmīsissēmus dīmīsissētis dīmīsissent
passive present dīmittar dīmittāris,
dīmittāre
dīmittātur dīmittāmur dīmittāminī dīmittantur
imperfect dīmitterer dīmitterēris,
dīmitterēre
dīmitterētur dīmitterēmur dīmitterēminī dīmitterentur
perfect dīmissus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīmitte dīmittite
future dīmittitō dīmittitō dīmittitōte dīmittuntō
passive present dīmittere dīmittiminī
future dīmittitor dīmittitor dīmittuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dīmittere dīmīsisse dīmissūrum esse dīmittī dīmissum esse dīmissum īrī
participles dīmittēns dīmissūrus dīmissus dīmittendus,
dīmittundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīmittendī dīmittendō dīmittendum dīmittendō dīmissum dīmissū
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References

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  • dimitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dimitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dimitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to let go from one's hands: e manibus dimittere
    • to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
    • to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
    • to fix the day for, to hold, to dismiss a meeting: concilium indicere, habere, dimittere
    • to dismiss the senate: dimittere senatum
    • to let a person go scot-free: impunitum aliquem dimittere
    • to disband an army: dimittere exercitum
    • to not let the enemy escape: hostem e manibus non dimittere
    • to let the enemy escape: dimittere e manibus hostes
    • to let a sure victory slip through one's hands: victoriam exploratam dimittere