remisse

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

remisse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of remettre

Anagrams

• messire, misères, remises, remisés

Latin

Etymology 1

From remissus + -ē.

Adverb

remissē

1. gently, mildly, not harshly, showing restraint or slackness, loosely, in a relaxed manner

   Synonyms: lēniter, urbānē

   Antonyms: vehementer, ācriter

   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum 5 30.period […] ; ceterum et ingredientem destituebant poplites minus firmi, et remisse quid uel serio agentem multa dehonestabant: […] :

     […] ; moreover, week knees did not serve him well, so much as to shame him when he either chose to walk somewhat loosely or assumed a more stately gait: […]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

remisse

1. vocative masculine singular of remissus

References

• “remisse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remisse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “remisse”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

remisse

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of remir