remitto

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ mittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈmit.toː/, [rɛˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈmit.to/, [reˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

remittō (present infinitive remittere, perfect active remīsī, supine remissum); third conjugation

1. to send back, to remit, to throw back

   Provinciam remitto. ― I abandon my province.

2. to relax, to diminish
3. to forgo, to do without
   • Dig. XVII.I.3 Paulus libro trigensimo secundo ad edictum

     Praeterea in causa mandati etiam illud vertitur, ut interim nec melior causa mandantis fieri possit, interdum melior, deterior vero numquam. Et quidem si mandavi tibi, ut aliquam rem mihi emeres, nec de pretio quicquam statui tuque emisti, utrimque actio nascitur. Quod si pretium statui tuque pluris emisti, quidam negaverunt te mandati habere actionem, etiamsi paratus esses id quod excedit remittere: namque iniquum est non esse mihi cum illo actionem, si nolit, illi vero, si velit, mecum esse.

     Meanwhile it belongs to the case of the mandate that the case of mandator cannot become better in the meantime, meanwhile better, but never worse. And for sure if I mandate you to buy me a thing and haven’t stated anything about its price then claims arise on both sides. But when I have stated the price and you have bought it for more, some deny your claim from the mandate, even if you have been ready to forgo the surplus: For it is unjust when I haven’t a claim against him if he wants not but he has a claim against me if he wants.

Conjugation

Conjugation of remittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	remittō	remittis	remittit	remittimus	remittitis	remittunt
	imperfect	remittēbam	remittēbās	remittēbat	remittēbāmus	remittēbātis	remittēbant
	future	remittam	remittēs	remittet	remittēmus	remittētis	remittent
	perfect	remīsī	remīsistī	remīsit	remīsimus	remīsistis	remīsērunt, remīsēre
	pluperfect	remīseram	remīserās	remīserat	remīserāmus	remīserātis	remīserant
	future perfect	remīserō	remīseris	remīserit	remīserimus	remīseritis	remīserint
passive	present	remittor	remitteris, remittere	remittitur	remittimur	remittiminī	remittuntur
	imperfect	remittēbar	remittēbāris, remittēbāre	remittēbātur	remittēbāmur	remittēbāminī	remittēbantur
	future	remittar	remittēris, remittēre	remittētur	remittēmur	remittēminī	remittentur
	perfect	remissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	remissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	remissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	remittam	remittās	remittat	remittāmus	remittātis	remittant
	imperfect	remitterem	remitterēs	remitteret	remitterēmus	remitterētis	remitterent
	perfect	remīserim	remīserīs	remīserit	remīserīmus	remīserītis	remīserint
	pluperfect	remīsissem	remīsissēs	remīsisset	remīsissēmus	remīsissētis	remīsissent
passive	present	remittar	remittāris, remittāre	remittātur	remittāmur	remittāminī	remittantur
	imperfect	remitterer	remitterēris, remitterēre	remitterētur	remitterēmur	remitterēminī	remitterentur
	perfect	remissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	remissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	remitte	—	—	remittite	—
	future	—	remittitō	remittitō	—	remittitōte	remittuntō
passive	present	—	remittere	—	—	remittiminī	—
	future	—	remittitor	remittitor	—	—	remittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		remittere	remīsisse	remissūrum esse	remittī	remissum esse	remissum īrī
participles		remittēns	—	remissūrus	—	remissus	remittendus, remittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		remittendī	remittendō	remittendum	remittendō	remissum	remissū

Derived terms

• remittēns
• remissiō

Descendants

• → English: remit
• French: remettre

References

• “remitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• remitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the wind is falling: ventus remittit (opp. increbrescit)
    
  • to indulge oneself: animum or simply se remittere
    
  • to relax one's studies: litterarum studia remittere
    
  • the pain grows less: dolores remittunt, relaxant
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • to separate, be divorced (used of man or woman): nuntium remittere alicui (De Or. 1. 40)
    
  • to separate (of the woman): repudium remittere viro (Dig. 24. 3)
    
  • to re-open the courts: iustitium remittere