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Latin
Etymology
From praeter- + mitto.
Pronunciation
Verb
praetermittō (present infinitive praetermittere, perfect active praetermīsī, supine praetermissum); third conjugation
- to allow or permit to pass
- to omit or neglect
- to overlook
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “praetermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetermitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
- to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
- to except the fact that..: ut praetermittam c. Acc. c. Inf.