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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + mittō.
Pronunciation
Verb
ēmittō (present infinitive ēmittere, perfect active ēmīsī, supine ēmissum); third conjugation
- to send forth, emit, discharge
- Synonyms: prōdō, ēdō, effundō, persolvō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 1.121–122:
- cum libuit Pācem placidīs ēmittere tēctīs,
lībera perpetuās ambulat illa viās- When it has been my pleasure to send forth Peace from her tranquil habitation, then at liberty she treads her paths unobstructed .
1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 11.
- to hurl, cast
- Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, iaculor, mittō, abiciō, permittō, lībrō
- to let forth, let go, send out
- Synonyms: trānsmittō, āmittō, omittō, immittō
- to utter
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “emitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “emitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- emitto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016