amitto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin amictus (“cloak, mantle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmit.to/
• Rhymes: -itto
• Hyphenation: a‧mìt‧to

Noun

amitto m (plural amitti)

1. amice

Anagrams

• attimo, ottima

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“away”) +‎ mittō (“send”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈmit.toː/, [äːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmit.to/, [äˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

āmittō (present infinitive āmittere, perfect active āmīsī, supine āmissum); third conjugation

1. to let go, let slip, let fall

   Synonyms: dīmittō, ēmittō

2. to remit, pardon

   Synonyms: ignōscō, parcō, remittō, dōnō, dīmittō, perdōnō, condōnō

3. to lose

   Synonym: perdō

   • 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum :

     Qua re non dubito quin tibi quoque id molestum sit, cum et meo dolore moveare et ipse omni virtute officioque ornatissimum tuique et sua sponte et meo sermone amantem adfinem amicumque amiseris.

     I do not doubt therefore that you too are troubled, since you are moved by my pain and have yourself lost a kinsmen and a friend most distinguished in every virtue and service, and who loved you both of his own accord and from hearing me speak of you.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of āmittō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āmittō	āmittis	āmittit	āmittimus	āmittitis	āmittunt
	imperfect	āmittēbam	āmittēbās	āmittēbat	āmittēbāmus	āmittēbātis	āmittēbant
	future	āmittam	āmittēs	āmittet	āmittēmus	āmittētis	āmittent
	perfect	āmīsī	āmīsistī	āmīsit	āmīsimus	āmīsistis	āmīsērunt, āmīsēre
	pluperfect	āmīseram	āmīserās	āmīserat	āmīserāmus	āmīserātis	āmīserant
	future perfect	āmīserō	āmīseris	āmīserit	āmīserimus	āmīseritis	āmīserint
	sigmatic future1	āmissō	āmissis	āmissit	āmissimus	āmissitis	āmissint
passive	present	āmittor	āmitteris, āmittere	āmittitur	āmittimur	āmittiminī	āmittuntur
	imperfect	āmittēbar	āmittēbāris, āmittēbāre	āmittēbātur	āmittēbāmur	āmittēbāminī	āmittēbantur
	future	āmittar	āmittēris, āmittēre	āmittētur	āmittēmur	āmittēminī	āmittentur
	perfect	āmissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āmissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āmittam	āmittās	āmittat	āmittāmus	āmittātis	āmittant
imperfect	āmitterem	āmitterēs	āmitteret	āmitterēmus	āmitterētis	āmitterent
perfect	āmīserim	āmīserīs	āmīserit	āmīserīmus	āmīserītis	āmīserint
pluperfect	āmīsissem	āmīsissēs	āmīsisset	āmīsissēmus	āmīsissētis	āmīsissent
sigmatic aorist1	āmissim	āmissīs	āmissīt	āmissīmus	āmissītis	āmissint
passive	present	āmittar	āmittāris, āmittāre	āmittātur	āmittāmur	āmittāminī	āmittantur
imperfect	āmitterer	āmitterēris, āmitterēre	āmitterētur	āmitterēmur	āmitterēminī	āmitterentur
perfect	āmissus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	āmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	āmitte	—	—	āmittite	—
	future	—	āmittitō	āmittitō	—	āmittitōte	āmittuntō
passive	present	—	āmittere	—	—	āmittiminī	—
	future	—	āmittitor	āmittitor	—	—	āmittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		āmittere	āmīsisse	āmissūrum esse	āmittī	āmissum esse	āmissum īrī
participles		āmittēns	—	āmissūrus	—	āmissus	āmittendus, āmittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		āmittendī	āmittendō	āmittendum	āmittendō	āmissum	āmissū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Related terms

• āmissiō

Descendants

• English: amit

References

• “amitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lose no time: tempus non amittere, perdere
    
  • to lose one's sight: oculos, lumina amittere
    
  • to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
    
  • to be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity: omnem humanitatis sensum amisisse
    
  • to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere