Latin

Alternative forms

• obmittō

Verb

omittō ‎(present infinitive omittere, perfect active omīsī, supine omissum); third conjugation

1. I let go, let fall or let loose
2. I lay aside, give up, neglect or disregard
3. I omit, leave out (in speech or writing)

Inflection

Descendants

• English: omit
• French: omettre
• Italian: omettere
• Middle English: omitten, omisen
• Middle French: omettre
• Portuguese: omitir

References

• omitto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• omitto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “omitto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
    
  • to banish one's fears: abicere, omittere timorem
    
  • I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: omitto dicere
    
  • putting aside, except: ut omittam c. Accus.
    
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press