Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 545.dimittō on page 545
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dīmittere dismiss
dīmittere is a Latin Verb that primarily means dismiss.
Definitions for dīmittere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
send away, dismiss
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To send or allow to go away, dismiss, let go. (b) to cause or allow (things) to be removed, part with. (c) to dismiss (from one's attention), disregard.
- 2
(spec.): (a) To disband (an army or sim.); to discharge (a person from mil. or sim. service). (b) to dissolve (an assembly), dismiss.
- 3
To put away, divorce (a wife). (b) to pay off (a creditor); to settle (a debt).
- 4
(w. pred.) To have done with, leave (in a certain condition after or as a result of one's actions).
- 5
To send off, dispatch (to a specified destination or for a specified purpose. (b) to cause or allow to extend, stretch out. (c) to direct the attention of (a person), turn, refer; to direct (actions, etc.).
Sentences with dīmittere
Latin to English
Ianitorem orabant ne se dimitteret.Compare They begged the door-keeper not to send them away.
Caesar is cohors cum exercitus suus conjungo, Attiusque incolumis dimitto.Compare Caesar united those cohorts to his own army, and dismissed Attius in safety.
Nunc liber tu inviolatusque hinc dimitto.Compare Now I dismiss you hence free and unhurt.
Conjugation table for dīmittere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| dīmittō dīmittis dīmittit dīmittimus dīmittitis dīmittunt | dīmittēbam dīmittēbās dīmittēbat dīmittēbāmus dīmittēbātis dīmittēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| dīmīsī dīmīsistī dīmīsit dīmīsimus dīmīsistis dīmīsērunt / dīmīsēre | dīmīseram dīmīserās dīmīserat dīmīserāmus dīmīserātis dīmīserant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| dīmittam dīmittēs dīmittet dīmittēmus dīmittētis dīmittent | dīmīserō dīmīseris dīmīserit dīmīserimus dīmīseritis dīmīserint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| dīmittam dīmittās dīmittat dīmittāmus dīmittātis dīmittant | dīmitterem dīmitterēs dīmitteret dīmitterēmus dīmitterētis dīmitterent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| dīmīserim dīmīseris dīmīserit dīmīserimus dīmīseritis dīmīserint | dīmīsissem dīmīsissēs dīmīsisset dīmīsissēmus dīmīsissētis dīmīsissent |
Infinitive present dīmittere Infinitive perfect dīmīsisse Infinitive future dīmissūrum esse | Imperative present dīmitte dīmittite Imperative future dīmittitō dīmittitō dīmittitōte dīmittuntō |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 475.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 545.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "dīmittō, dīmittere, dīmīsī, dīmissum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed May 11, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/dimitto-dimittere-dimisi-dimissum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 475.on page 475
