mitto

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mitto

1. measure

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	—

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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 legomenon cōsmittō for committō, some^[3] reconstruct the root with an initial s-, but De Vaan regards the hapax as not trustworthy enough.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmit.toː/, [ˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmit.to/, [ˈmit̪ːo]

mittō (present infinitive mittere, perfect active mīsī, supine missum); third conjugation

1. to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
2. to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand)
3. to announce, tell, report, send word, advise
4. (chiefly poetic) to yield, furnish, produce, export
5. to put an end to
6. to let or bring out, put or send forth, send out, emit; let blood, bleed; utter a sound, speak, say

   Synonyms: ēmittō, iaciō

7. to throw, hurl, fling, cast, launch, send; throw down, sprinkle

   Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, permittō, iaciō, iactō, iaculor, impingō, ēmittō, trāiciō, lībrō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.565–566:

     “Dēseruēre omnēs dēfessī, et corpora saltū
     ad terram mīsēre aut ignibus aegra dedēre.”

     “All [of my men], exhausted, had given up [the fight], and with a leap had flung [themselves] to the ground [below] or else consigned their weakened bodies to the flames.”
     (Syncopation: mīsēre, mīsēr[unt].)

8. to attend, guide, escort
9. to dedicate (a book or poem to someone to compliment them)
10. to dismiss, disregard
    • Vergil. Aeneid, VI, 85

      mitte hanc de pectore curam

      Dismiss this anxiety from your heart

11. (chiefly poetic) to pass over, forbear, cease

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

• “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^[2], 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
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

A reduced form from Middle High German mittetac, from Old High German mittitac, from mitti (“middle”) + tac (“day”). Compare mitta (“Wednesday”).

mitto m

1. midday

• nomitto

• “mitto” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

mitto

1. blind

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf