mitto
Inari Sami
Etymology
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Noun
mitto
- measure
Inflection
| Inflection of mitto | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | mitto | mitoh |
| Accusative | mito | mittoid |
| Genitive | mito | mitoi |
| Illative | miiton | mittoid |
| Locative | mittoost | mitoin |
| Comitative | mittoin | mitoiguin |
| Abessive | mitottáá | mitoittáá |
| Essive | mitton | — |
| Partitive | mittod | — |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Latin
Etymology
Likely from mītō via the so-called littera-rule, from Proto-Italic *meitō, from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“exchange, remove”), an extension of the root *mey- (“change”). From the original meaning “to exchange” a semantic shift occurred to “to give, bestow” and then “to let go, send”. Cognate to South Picene meitims, meitimúm (“monument”, nom. and acc. sg. respectively). External cognates include Sanskrit मेथेते (methete, “to become hostile, quarrel”), and Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inmaidjan, “to change”).[1][2]
Based on the attested hapax cōsmittō for committō, some[3] reconstruct the root with an initial s-, but De Vaan regards the hapax as not trustworthy enough.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmit.toː/, [ˈmɪt̪ːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmit.to/, [ˈmit̪ːo]
Verb
mittō (present infinitive mittere, perfect active mīsī, supine missum); third conjugation
- I send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
- I put out, extend, reach out (my hand)
- I announce, tell, report, send word, advise
- (chiefly poetic) I yield, furnish, produce, export
- I put an end to
- I let or bring out, put or send forth, send out, emit; let blood, bleed; utter a sound, speak, say
- Synonyms: ēmittō, iaciō
- I throw, hurl, cast, launch, send; throw down, sprinkle
- Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, permittō, iaciō, iactō, iaculor, impingō, ēmittō, trāiciō, lībrō
- I attend, guide, escort
- I dedicate (a book or poem to someone to compliment them)
- I dismiss, disregard
- Vergil. Aeneid, VI, 85
- mitte hanc de pectore curam
- Dismiss this anxiety from your heart
- mitte hanc de pectore curam
- Vergil. Aeneid, VI, 85
- (chiefly poetic) I pass over, forbear, cease
Conjugation
| Conjugation of mittō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mittō | mittis | mittit | mittimus | mittitis | mittunt |
| imperfect | mittēbam | mittēbās | mittēbat | mittēbāmus | mittēbātis | mittēbant | |
| future | mittam | mittēs | mittet | mittēmus | mittētis | mittent | |
| perfect | mīsī | mīsistī | mīsit | mīsimus | mīsistis | mīsērunt, mīsēre | |
| pluperfect | mīseram | mīserās | mīserat | mīserāmus | mīserātis | mīserant | |
| future perfect | mīserō | mīseris | mīserit | mīserimus | mīseritis | mīserint | |
| passive | present | mittor | mitteris, mittere | mittitur | mittimur | mittiminī | mittuntur |
| imperfect | mittēbar | mittēbāris, mittēbāre | mittēbātur | mittēbāmur | mittēbāminī | mittēbantur | |
| future | mittar | mittēris, mittēre | mittētur | mittēmur | mittēminī | mittentur | |
| perfect | missus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | missus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | missus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mittam | mittās | mittat | mittāmus | mittātis | mittant |
| imperfect | mitterem | mitterēs | mitteret | mitterēmus | mitterētis | mitterent | |
| perfect | mīserim | mīserīs | mīserit | mīserīmus | mīserītis | mīserint | |
| pluperfect | mīsissem | mīsissēs | mīsisset | mīsissēmus | mīsissētis | mīsissent | |
| passive | present | mittar | mittāris, mittāre | mittātur | mittāmur | mittāminī | mittantur |
| imperfect | mitterer | mitterēris, mitterēre | mitterētur | mitterēmur | mitterēminī | mitterentur | |
| perfect | missus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | missus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | mitte | — | — | mittite | — |
| future | — | mittitō | mittitō | — | mittitōte | mittuntō | |
| passive | present | — | mittere | — | — | mittiminī | — |
| future | — | mittitor | mittitor | — | — | mittuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | mittere | mīsisse | missūrum esse | mittī | missum esse | missum īrī | |
| participles | mittēns | — | missūrus | — | missus | mittendus, mittundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| mittendī | mittendō | mittendum | mittendō | missum | missū | ||
Derived terms
- admittō
- āmittō
- antemittō
- circummittō
- committō
- comprōmittō
- dēmittō
- dīmittō
- ēmittō
- immittō
- intermittō
- intrōmittō
- manūmittō
- missa
- missālis
- missāticum
- missīcius
- missiculō
- missilis
- missiō
- missitō
- missīvus
- missor
- missōrium
- missum
- missus
- mittēns
- omittō
- permittō
- praemittō
- praetermittō
- prōmittō
- remittō
- submittō
- supermittō
- trānsmittō
Descendants
- Aragonese: meter
- Catalan: metre
- Dalmatian: metar, miater
- Franco-Provençal: metre, metar
- French: mettre
- Friulian: meti
- Galician: meter
- Istriot: meti
- Italian: mettere
- Ladin: meter
- Norman: maette, mettre
- Occitan: metre, metar
- Portuguese: meter
- Romagnol: mètar
- Romansch: metter, meter
- Sardinian: míntere, míntiri, mintire
- Sicilian: mèttiri
- Spanish: meter
- Venetian: métar, meter
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mittō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 968
Further reading
- “mitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to send to meet a person: obviam alicui aliquem mittere
- to speak, utter a sound: vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
- to dedicate a book to some one: librum mittere ad aliquem (Fin. 1. 3. 8)
- to write a letter to some one: epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquem
- to send and consult the oracle at Delphi: mittere Delphos consultum
- to turn some one out of the house: foras mittere aliquem
- to send out colonists: colōnos mittere (Div. 1. 1. 3)
- to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
- to send to the war: mittere ad bellum
- (ambiguous) to live a happy (unhappy) life: vitam beatam (miseram) degere
- to send to meet a person: obviam alicui aliquem mittere
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Mòcheno
Etymology
A reduced form from Middle High German mittetac, from Old High German mittitac, from mitti (“middle”) + tac (“day”). Compare mitta (“Wednesday”).
Noun
mitto m
- midday
Derived terms
- nomitto
References
- “mitto” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Zou
Adjective
mitto
- blind
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf