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): [aːˈmɪt.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmit̪.t̪o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		āmittere			āmittī			āmittēns			—
future		āmissūrum esse			āmissum īrī			āmissūrus			āmittendus, āmittundus
perfect		āmīsisse			āmissum esse			—			āmissus
future perfect		—			āmissum fore			—			—
perfect potential		āmissūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		āmittendī		āmittendō		āmittendum		āmittendō		āmissum		āmissū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "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, 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