intermitto

Latin

Etymology

From inter ("between") + mittō ("to send").

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈmɪt.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪.t̪erˈmit̪.t̪o]

Verb

intermittō (present infinitive intermittere, perfect active intermīsī, supine intermissum); third conjugation

to interrupt
to stop (temporarily)
to omit
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.24:
  militesque hortaretur, ne quod omnino tempus ab opere intermitteretur
  And he encouraged the soldiers not to omit to work for a moment

Conjugation

Conjugation of intermittō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	intermittō	intermittis		intermittit	intermittimus	intermittitis		intermittunt
	imperfect	intermittēbam	intermittēbās		intermittēbat	intermittēbāmus	intermittēbātis		intermittēbant
	future	intermittam	intermittēs		intermittet	intermittēmus	intermittētis		intermittent
	perfect	intermīsī	intermīsistī		intermīsit	intermīsimus	intermīsistis		intermīsērunt, intermīsēre
	pluperfect	intermīseram	intermīserās		intermīserat	intermīserāmus	intermīserātis		intermīserant
	future perfect	intermīserō	intermīseris		intermīserit	intermīserimus	intermīseritis		intermīserint
passive	present	intermittor	intermitteris, intermittere		intermittitur	intermittimur	intermittiminī		intermittuntur
	imperfect	intermittēbar	intermittēbāris, intermittēbāre		intermittēbātur	intermittēbāmur	intermittēbāminī		intermittēbantur
	future	intermittar	intermittēris, intermittēre		intermittētur	intermittēmur	intermittēminī		intermittentur
	perfect	intermissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intermissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intermissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	intermittam	intermittās		intermittat	intermittāmus	intermittātis		intermittant
	imperfect	intermitterem	intermitterēs		intermitteret	intermitterēmus	intermitterētis		intermitterent
	perfect	intermīserim	intermīserīs		intermīserit	intermīserīmus	intermīserītis		intermīserint
	pluperfect	intermīsissem	intermīsissēs		intermīsisset	intermīsissēmus	intermīsissētis		intermīsissent
passive	present	intermittar	intermittāris, intermittāre		intermittātur	intermittāmur	intermittāminī		intermittantur
	imperfect	intermitterer	intermitterēris, intermitterēre		intermitterētur	intermitterēmur	intermitterēminī		intermitterentur
	perfect	intermissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intermissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	intermitte		—	—	intermittite		—
active	future	—	intermittitō		intermittitō	—	intermittitōte		intermittuntō
passive	present	—	intermittere		—	—	intermittiminī		—
passive	future	—	intermittitor		intermittitor	—	—		intermittuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		intermittere		intermittī		intermittēns		—
future		intermissūrum esse		intermissum īrī		intermissūrus		intermittendus, intermittundus
perfect		intermīsisse		intermissum esse		—		intermissus
future perfect		—		intermissum fore		—		—
perfect potential		intermissūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		intermittendī	intermittendō		intermittendum	intermittendō	intermissum		intermissū

Descendants

→ English: intermit
Italian: intermettere
→ German: intermittieren
Old French: entremetre
Spanish: entremeterse
→ Swedish: intermittera

References

“intermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“intermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
intermitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
- to work without intermission: laborem non intermittere
- not to leave off work for an instant: nullum tempus a labore intermittere
- not to interrupt the march: iter non intermittere
- to interrupt the battle: proelium intermittere