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Latin
Etymology
From re- + promitto.
Pronunciation
Verb
reprōmittō (present infinitive reprōmittere, perfect active reprōmīsī, supine reprōmissum); third conjugation
- to promise in return, to guarantee
- Dig. XVI.I.8.1 Ulpianus libro vicensimo nono ad edictum
Si mulier intervenerit apud tutores filii sui, ne hi praedia eius distraherent, et indemnitatem eis repromiserit, Papinianus libro nono quaestionum non putat eam intercessisse: nullam enim obligationem alienam recepisse neque veterem neque novam, sed ipsam fecisse hanc obligationem.- If a woman intervenes at the guardians of her son so they don’t disperse his goods and promises them indemnity in return, Papinian writes in the ninth book of his questions that he does not think that she interceded: for she has not received any alien obligation, neither an old nor a new one, but has made the obligation herself.
Conjugation
References
- “repromitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “repromitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- repromitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.