Italian

Noun

amitto m ‎(plural amitti)

1. amice

Latin

Etymology

From ab- ‎(“away”) +‎ mittō ‎(“send”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aːˈmit.toː/, [aːˈmɪt.toː]

Verb

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

1. I let go.
2. I lose.

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amitto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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