permitto

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through, along; during”) +‎ mittō (“let go, release; send out; throw”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈmɪt.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈmit̪.t̪o]

Verb

permittō (present infinitive permittere, perfect active permīsī, supine permissum); third conjugation

to let go, let loose
Synonyms: immittō, parcō, praetereō, omittō, āmittō, remittō, neglegō
to cast, hurl, throw; send away, export
Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, spargō, iaculor, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō
(figuratively, with dative) to give leave, give up, allow, suffer, grant, permit, surrender, let
Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, linquō, dēsinō, sinō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, dō, remittō, condōnō, tribuō

Conjugation

Conjugation of permittō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	permittō	permittis		permittit	permittimus	permittitis		permittunt
	imperfect	permittēbam	permittēbās		permittēbat	permittēbāmus	permittēbātis		permittēbant
	future	permittam	permittēs		permittet	permittēmus	permittētis		permittent
	perfect	permīsī	permīsistī		permīsit	permīsimus	permīsistis		permīsērunt, permīsēre
	pluperfect	permīseram	permīserās		permīserat	permīserāmus	permīserātis		permīserant
	future perfect	permīserō	permīseris		permīserit	permīserimus	permīseritis		permīserint
passive	present	permittor	permitteris, permittere		permittitur	permittimur	permittiminī		permittuntur
	imperfect	permittēbar	permittēbāris, permittēbāre		permittēbātur	permittēbāmur	permittēbāminī		permittēbantur
	future	permittar	permittēris, permittēre		permittētur	permittēmur	permittēminī		permittentur
	perfect	permissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	permissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	permissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	permittam	permittās		permittat	permittāmus	permittātis		permittant
	imperfect	permitterem	permitterēs		permitteret	permitterēmus	permitterētis		permitterent
	perfect	permīserim	permīserīs		permīserit	permīserīmus	permīserītis		permīserint
	pluperfect	permīsissem	permīsissēs		permīsisset	permīsissēmus	permīsissētis		permīsissent
passive	present	permittar	permittāris, permittāre		permittātur	permittāmur	permittāminī		permittantur
	imperfect	permitterer	permitterēris, permitterēre		permitterētur	permitterēmur	permitterēminī		permitterentur
	perfect	permissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	permissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	permitte		—	—	permittite		—
active	future	—	permittitō		permittitō	—	permittitōte		permittuntō
passive	present	—	permittere		—	—	permittiminī		—
passive	future	—	permittitor		permittitor	—	—		permittuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		permittere		permittī		permittēns		—
future		permissūrum esse		permissum īrī		permissūrus		permittendus, permittundus
perfect		permīsisse		permissum esse		—		permissus
future perfect		—		permissum fore		—		—
perfect potential		permissūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		permittendī	permittendō		permittendum	permittendō	permissum		permissū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: permetre
→ Dutch: permitteren
→ English: permit
French: permettre
Galician: permitir
Italian: permettere
Portuguese: permitir
Romanian: permite
Spanish: permitir

References

“permitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“permitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
permitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to slacken the reins: habenas permittere
- to give a horse the reins: admittere, permittere equum
- to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: arbitrio alicuius omnia permittere
- to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: omnium rerum arbitrium alicui permittere
- to put oneself under some one's protection: se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem
- to leave a matter to be decided by popular vote: multitudinis suffragiis rem permittere
- to give some one unlimited power in state affairs: rem publicam alicui permittere
- to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia permittere victoris potestati
- to surrender oneself to the discretion of some one: se permittere in fidem atque in potestatem alicuius (B. G. 2. 3)
- to make one's submission to some one: in alicuius potestatem se permittere