emitto

emitto

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- + mittō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ēmittō (present infinitive ēmittere, perfect active ēmīsī, supine ēmissum); third conjugation

    1. to send forth, emit, discharge
      Synonyms: prōdō, ēdō, effundō, persolvō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, 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 [by the restraints of war].
        1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 11.
    2. to hurl, cast
      Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, spargō, impingō, iaculor, mittō, abiciō, permittō, lībrō
    3. to let forth, let go, send out
      Synonyms: trānsmittō, āmittō, omittō, immittō
    4. to utter

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Dutch: emittent
    • English: emit
    • French: émettre
    • Galician: ameter, emitir
    • Italian: emettere
    • Spanish: emitir
    • Portuguese: emitir

    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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016