intermitto
Latin
Etymology
From inter ("between") + mittō ("to send").
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈmit.toː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈmɪt̪ːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈmit.to/, [in̪t̪erˈmit̪ːo]
Verb
intermittō (present infinitive intermittere, perfect active intermīsī, supine intermissum); third conjugation
- I interrupt
- I stop (temporarily)
- I omit
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 24:
- militesque hortaretur, ne quod omnino tempus ab opere intermitteretur
- And he encouraged the soldiers not to omit to work for a moment
- militesque hortaretur, ne quod omnino tempus ab opere intermitteretur
Conjugation
Conjugation of intermittō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | intermittō | intermittis | intermittit | intermittimus | intermittitis | intermittunt |
imperfect | intermittēbam | intermittēbās | intermittēbat | intermittēbāmus | intermittēbātis | intermittēbant | |
future | intermittam | intermittēs | intermittet | intermittēmus | intermittētis | intermittent | |
perfect | intermīsī | intermīsistī | intermīsit | intermīsimus | intermīsistis | intermīsērunt, intermīsēre | |
pluperfect | intermīseram | intermīserās | intermīserat | intermīserāmus | intermīserātis | intermīserant | |
future perfect | intermīserō | intermīseris | intermīserit | intermīserimus | intermīseritis | intermīserint | |
passive | present | intermittor | intermitteris, intermittere | intermittitur | intermittimur | intermittiminī | intermittuntur |
imperfect | intermittēbar | intermittēbāris, intermittēbāre | intermittēbātur | intermittēbāmur | intermittēbāminī | intermittēbantur | |
future | intermittar | intermittēris, intermittēre | intermittētur | intermittēmur | intermittēminī | intermittentur | |
perfect | intermissus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | intermissus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | intermissus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | intermittam | intermittās | intermittat | intermittāmus | intermittātis | intermittant |
imperfect | intermitterem | intermitterēs | intermitteret | intermitterēmus | intermitterētis | intermitterent | |
perfect | intermīserim | intermīserīs | intermīserit | intermīserīmus | intermīserītis | intermīserint | |
pluperfect | intermīsissem | intermīsissēs | intermīsisset | intermīsissēmus | intermīsissētis | intermīsissent | |
passive | present | intermittar | intermittāris, intermittāre | intermittātur | intermittāmur | intermittāminī | intermittantur |
imperfect | intermitterer | intermitterēris, intermitterēre | intermitterētur | intermitterēmur | intermitterēminī | intermitterentur | |
perfect | intermissus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | intermissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | intermitte | — | — | intermittite | — |
future | — | intermittitō | intermittitō | — | intermittitōte | intermittuntō | |
passive | present | — | intermittere | — | — | intermittiminī | — |
future | — | intermittitor | intermittitor | — | — | intermittuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | intermittere | intermīsisse | intermissūrum esse | intermittī | intermissum esse | intermissum īrī | |
participles | intermittēns | — | intermissūrus | — | intermissus | intermittendus, intermittundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
intermittendī | intermittendō | intermittendum | intermittendō | intermissum | intermissū |
Descendants
- English: intermit
- Italian: intermettere
- German: intermittieren
- Old French: entremetre
- Spanish: entremeterse
- Swedish: intermittera
References
- “intermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intermitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
- to work without intermission: laborem non intermittere
- not to leave off work for an instant: nullum tempus a labore intermittere
- not to interrupt the march: iter non intermittere
- to interrupt the battle: proelium intermittere
- to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)