emitto

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ mittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈmit.toː/, [eːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈmit.to/, [eˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

ēmittō (present infinitive ēmittere, perfect active ēmīsī, supine ēmissum); third conjugation

1. to send forth, emit, discharge

   Synonyms: prōdō, ēdō, effundō, persolvō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.121–122:

     cum libuit Pācem placidīs ēmittere tēctīs,
     lībera perpetuās ambulat illa viās

     When it has been my pleasure to send forth Peace from her tranquil habitation, then at liberty she treads her paths unobstructed [by the restraints of war].
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 11.

2. to hurl, cast

   Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, iaculor, mittō, abiciō, permittō, lībrō

3. to let forth, let go, send out

   Synonyms: trānsmittō, āmittō, omittō, immittō

4. to utter

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēmittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēmittō	ēmittis	ēmittit	ēmittimus	ēmittitis	ēmittunt
	imperfect	ēmittēbam	ēmittēbās	ēmittēbat	ēmittēbāmus	ēmittēbātis	ēmittēbant
	future	ēmittam	ēmittēs	ēmittet	ēmittēmus	ēmittētis	ēmittent
	perfect	ēmīsī	ēmīsistī	ēmīsit	ēmīsimus	ēmīsistis	ēmīsērunt, ēmīsēre
	pluperfect	ēmīseram	ēmīserās	ēmīserat	ēmīserāmus	ēmīserātis	ēmīserant
	future perfect	ēmīserō	ēmīseris	ēmīserit	ēmīserimus	ēmīseritis	ēmīserint
passive	present	ēmittor	ēmitteris, ēmittere	ēmittitur	ēmittimur	ēmittiminī	ēmittuntur
	imperfect	ēmittēbar	ēmittēbāris, ēmittēbāre	ēmittēbātur	ēmittēbāmur	ēmittēbāminī	ēmittēbantur
	future	ēmittar	ēmittēris, ēmittēre	ēmittētur	ēmittēmur	ēmittēminī	ēmittentur
	perfect	ēmissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēmissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēmittam	ēmittās	ēmittat	ēmittāmus	ēmittātis	ēmittant
	imperfect	ēmitterem	ēmitterēs	ēmitteret	ēmitterēmus	ēmitterētis	ēmitterent
	perfect	ēmīserim	ēmīserīs	ēmīserit	ēmīserīmus	ēmīserītis	ēmīserint
	pluperfect	ēmīsissem	ēmīsissēs	ēmīsisset	ēmīsissēmus	ēmīsissētis	ēmīsissent
passive	present	ēmittar	ēmittāris, ēmittāre	ēmittātur	ēmittāmur	ēmittāminī	ēmittantur
	imperfect	ēmitterer	ēmitterēris, ēmitterēre	ēmitterētur	ēmitterēmur	ēmitterēminī	ēmitterentur
	perfect	ēmissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēmitte	—	—	ēmittite	—
	future	—	ēmittitō	ēmittitō	—	ēmittitōte	ēmittuntō
passive	present	—	ēmittere	—	—	ēmittiminī	—
	future	—	ēmittitor	ēmittitor	—	—	ēmittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēmittere	ēmīsisse	ēmissūrum esse	ēmittī	ēmissum esse	ēmissum īrī
participles		ēmittēns	—	ēmissūrus	—	ēmissus	ēmittendus, ēmittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēmittendī	ēmittendō	ēmittendum	ēmittendō	ēmissum	ēmissū

Descendants

• → English: emit
• French: émettre
• Galician: ameter, → emitir
• Italian: emettere
• Spanish: emitir
• Portuguese: emitir

References

• “emitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• emitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• emitto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016