Latin

Verb

prōmittō ‎(present infinitive prōmittere, perfect active prōmīsī, supine prōmissum); third conjugation

1. I send forth.
2. I promise.

Inflection

Descendants

References

• promitto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• promitto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “promitto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
    
  • to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
    
  • to promise to dine with a person: promittere ad aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare