dimitto
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + mittere (“to send”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈmit.toː/, [d̪iːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈmit.to/, [d̪iˈmit̪ːo]
Verb
dīmittō (present infinitive dīmittere, perfect active dīmīsī, supine dīmissum); third conjugation
- I send away, dismiss.
- I renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake
- Synonyms: dēserō, dēstituō, cēdō, dēcēdō, concēdō, dēdō, abiciō, prōdō, dēspondeō
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 1:8:
- audī fīlī mī disciplīnam patris tuī et nē dīmittās lēgem mātris tuae
- My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
- audī fīlī mī disciplīnam patris tuī et nē dīmittās lēgem mātris tuae
- I pardon, forgive, condone
- Synonyms: ignōscō, parcō, remittō, āmittō, dōnō, perdōnō, condōnō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dīmittō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dīmittō | dīmittis | dīmittit | dīmittimus | dīmittitis | dīmittunt |
| imperfect | dīmittēbam | dīmittēbās | dīmittēbat | dīmittēbāmus | dīmittēbātis | dīmittēbant | |
| future | dīmittam | dīmittēs | dīmittet | dīmittēmus | dīmittētis | dīmittent | |
| perfect | dīmīsī | dīmīsistī | dīmīsit | dīmīsimus | dīmīsistis | dīmīsērunt, dīmīsēre | |
| pluperfect | dīmīseram | dīmīserās | dīmīserat | dīmīserāmus | dīmīserātis | dīmīserant | |
| future perfect | dīmīserō | dīmīseris | dīmīserit | dīmīserimus | dīmīseritis | dīmīserint | |
| passive | present | dīmittor | dīmitteris, dīmittere | dīmittitur | dīmittimur | dīmittiminī | dīmittuntur |
| imperfect | dīmittēbar | dīmittēbāris, dīmittēbāre | dīmittēbātur | dīmittēbāmur | dīmittēbāminī | dīmittēbantur | |
| future | dīmittar | dīmittēris, dīmittēre | dīmittētur | dīmittēmur | dīmittēminī | dīmittentur | |
| perfect | dīmissus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dīmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dīmissus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dīmittam | dīmittās | dīmittat | dīmittāmus | dīmittātis | dīmittant |
| imperfect | dīmitterem | dīmitterēs | dīmitteret | dīmitterēmus | dīmitterētis | dīmitterent | |
| perfect | dīmīserim | dīmīserīs | dīmīserit | dīmīserīmus | dīmīserītis | dīmīserint | |
| pluperfect | dīmīsissem | dīmīsissēs | dīmīsisset | dīmīsissēmus | dīmīsissētis | dīmīsissent | |
| passive | present | dīmittar | dīmittāris, dīmittāre | dīmittātur | dīmittāmur | dīmittāminī | dīmittantur |
| imperfect | dīmitterer | dīmitterēris, dīmitterēre | dīmitterētur | dīmitterēmur | dīmitterēminī | dīmitterentur | |
| perfect | dīmissus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dīmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dīmitte | — | — | dīmittite | — |
| future | — | dīmittitō | dīmittitō | — | dīmittitōte | dīmittuntō | |
| passive | present | — | dīmittere | — | — | dīmittiminī | — |
| future | — | dīmittitor | dīmittitor | — | — | dīmittuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dīmittere | dīmīsisse | dīmissūrum esse | dīmittī | dīmissum esse | dīmissum īrī | |
| participles | dīmittēns | — | dīmissūrus | — | dīmissus | dīmittendus, dīmittundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dīmittendī | dīmittendō | dīmittendum | dīmittendō | dīmissum | dīmissū | ||
Related terms
- mittō
Descendants
- Catalan: dimitir, demetre
- English: dismiss
- Italian: dimettere
- Piedmontese: dimëtte
- Spanish: dimitir
References
- “dimitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dimitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dimitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to let go from one's hands: e manibus dimittere
- to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
- to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
- to fix the day for, to hold, to dismiss a meeting: concilium indicere, habere, dimittere
- to dismiss the senate: dimittere senatum
- to let a person go scot-free: impunitum aliquem dimittere
- to disband an army: dimittere exercitum
- to not let the enemy escape: hostem e manibus non dimittere
- to let the enemy escape: dimittere e manibus hostes
- to let a sure victory slip through one's hands: victoriam exploratam dimittere
- to let go from one's hands: e manibus dimittere