promitto
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈmit.toː/, [proːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈmit.to/, [proˈmit̪ːo]
Verb[edit]
prōmittō (present infinitive prōmittere, perfect active prōmīsī, supine prōmissum); third conjugation
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “promitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “promitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
- to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
- to promise to dine with a person: promittere ad aliquem
- (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare
- to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam