promitto

Latin

Etymology

From prō +‎ mittō (“I send”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈmit.toː/, [proːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈmit.to/, [proˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

prōmittō (present infinitive prōmittere, perfect active prōmīsī, supine prōmissum); third conjugation

1. I send forth.
2. I promise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōmittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmittō	prōmittis	prōmittit	prōmittimus	prōmittitis	prōmittunt
	imperfect	prōmittēbam	prōmittēbās	prōmittēbat	prōmittēbāmus	prōmittēbātis	prōmittēbant
	future	prōmittam	prōmittēs	prōmittet	prōmittēmus	prōmittētis	prōmittent
	perfect	prōmīsī	prōmīsistī	prōmīsit	prōmīsimus	prōmīsistis	prōmīsērunt, prōmīsēre
	pluperfect	prōmīseram	prōmīserās	prōmīserat	prōmīserāmus	prōmīserātis	prōmīserant
	future perfect	prōmīserō	prōmīseris	prōmīserit	prōmīserimus	prōmīseritis	prōmīserint
passive	present	prōmittor	prōmitteris, prōmittere	prōmittitur	prōmittimur	prōmittiminī	prōmittuntur
	imperfect	prōmittēbar	prōmittēbāris, prōmittēbāre	prōmittēbātur	prōmittēbāmur	prōmittēbāminī	prōmittēbantur
	future	prōmittar	prōmittēris, prōmittēre	prōmittētur	prōmittēmur	prōmittēminī	prōmittentur
	perfect	prōmissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōmissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmittam	prōmittās	prōmittat	prōmittāmus	prōmittātis	prōmittant
	imperfect	prōmitterem	prōmitterēs	prōmitteret	prōmitterēmus	prōmitterētis	prōmitterent
	perfect	prōmīserim	prōmīserīs	prōmīserit	prōmīserīmus	prōmīserītis	prōmīserint
	pluperfect	prōmīsissem	prōmīsissēs	prōmīsisset	prōmīsissēmus	prōmīsissētis	prōmīsissent
passive	present	prōmittar	prōmittāris, prōmittāre	prōmittātur	prōmittāmur	prōmittāminī	prōmittantur
	imperfect	prōmitterer	prōmitterēris, prōmitterēre	prōmitterētur	prōmitterēmur	prōmitterēminī	prōmitterentur
	perfect	prōmissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōmitte	—	—	prōmittite	—
	future	—	prōmittitō	prōmittitō	—	prōmittitōte	prōmittuntō
passive	present	—	prōmittere	—	—	prōmittiminī	—
	future	—	prōmittitor	prōmittitor	—	—	prōmittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōmittere	prōmīsisse	prōmissūrum esse	prōmittī	prōmissum esse	prōmissum īrī
participles		prōmittēns	—	prōmissūrus	—	prōmissus	prōmittendus, prōmittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōmittendī	prōmittendō	prōmittendum	prōmittendō	prōmissum	prōmissū

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: prametre
• Catalan: prometre
• English: promise, promit (via Old French)
• French: promettre
• Italian: promettere

• Norman: promettre (Jersey)
• Occitan: prométer, prometre
• Portuguese: prometer
• Romanian: promite
• Spanish: prometer, promesar (North of Argentina)

References

• “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