Latin

Verb

dīmittō ‎(present infinitive dīmittere, perfect active dīmīsī, supine dīmissum); third conjugation

1. I send away, dismiss.

Inflection

Related terms

• mittō

References

• dimitto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dimitto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dimitto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to let go from one's hands: e manibus dimittere
    
  • to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
    
  • to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
    
  • to fix the day for, to hold, to dismiss a meeting: concilium indicere, habere, dimittere
    
  • to dismiss the senate: dimittere senatum
    
  • to let a person go scot-free: impunitum aliquem dimittere
    
  • to disband an army: dimittere exercitum
    
  • to not let the enemy escape: hostem e manibus non dimittere
    
  • to let the enemy escape: dimittere e manibus hostes
    
  • to let a sure victory slip through one's hands: victoriam exploratam dimittere