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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + mittere (“to send”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dīmittō (present infinitive dīmittere, perfect active dīmīsī, supine dīmissum); third conjugation
- to send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.569–571:
- “Seu vōs Hesperiam magnam Sāturniaque arva,
sīve Erycīs fīnīs rēgemque optātis Acestēn,
auxiliō tūtōs dīmittam, opibusque iuvābō.”- “Whatever your choices – great Hesperia and the fields of Saturn, or the land of Eryx and King Acestes – I shall send forth with protective escorts, and help with supplies.” – Queen Dido
- to 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)
- to pardon, forgive, condone
- Synonyms: ignōscō, parcō, remittō, āmittō, dōnō, perdōnō, condōnō
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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