prōmittō, prōmittere, prōmīsī, prōmissum

Definitions for prōmittere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to send forth, promise
English derivatives:
promissory

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To send forth, let loose; to project (the gaze). (b) to let (the hair, beard, etc.) stream forth, become long (esp. in pf. pple.); (pass. of parts of the body) to project or extend a long way; (refl., of a plant) to propagate itself. (c) to extend (a period or process), prolong.
2
To undertake to give, perform, etc., promise, guarantee. (b) (one's daughter in marriage; more fully ~ittere in matrimonium). (c) (in vows to the gods). (d) sibi ~ittere (rarely ~ittere alone), to promise oneself, look forward to, count upon (a prospect); also, se ~ittere ad, to have expectations of attaining.
3
(w. various consts.) To promise, guarantee: (a) (w. acc. and inf., usu. fut.). (b) (w. acc. and pred.). (c) (w. inf.). (d) (w. indir. qu.). (e) (app. w. nom. fut. pple.). (f) (w. adv.; also, ellipt. or absol.).
4
(in special ellipt. uses): (a) ~ittere and cenam (ad aliquem or sim), To accept an invitation to dinner (to someone's home, etc.). (b) (perh.) to accept the audience's summons, take the stage.
5
(in legal context) To promise or undertake formally (that something will be given, produced, etc.). (b) damni infecti ~ittere, to guarantee indemnification against damages.

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Sentences with prōmittere

Latin to English

Tempora longa tibi noli promittere vitae: quocumque incedis, sequitur Mors corporis umbra.Compare Do not promise yourself a long life: wherever you go, Death goes too, like your body's shadow.

Promittas facito: quid enim promittere laedit? Pollicitis dives quilibet esse potest.Compare See that you promise: what harm is there in promises? In promises anyone can be rich.

Brutus curo hic annus talentum circiter centum; Pompeius in sex mensis promitto ducenti.Compare About a hundred talents have been paid to Brutus this year; two hundred have been promised to Pompey within six months.

Conjugation table for prōmittere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
prōmittō prōmittis prōmittit prōmittimus prōmittitis prōmittunt	prōmittēbam prōmittēbās prōmittēbat prōmittēbāmus prōmittēbātis prōmittēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
prōmīsī prōmīsistī prōmīsit prōmīsimus prōmīsistis prōmīsērunt / prōmīsēre	prōmīseram prōmīserās prōmīserat prōmīserāmus prōmīserātis prōmīserant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
prōmittam prōmittēs prōmittet prōmittēmus prōmittētis prōmittent	prōmīserō prōmīseris prōmīserit prōmīserimus prōmīseritis prōmīserint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
prōmittam prōmittās prōmittat prōmittāmus prōmittātis prōmittant	prōmitterem prōmitterēs prōmitteret prōmitterēmus prōmitterētis prōmitterent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
prōmīserim prōmīseris prōmīserit prōmīserimus prōmīseritis prōmīserint	prōmīsissem prōmīsissēs prōmīsisset prōmīsissēmus prōmīsissētis prōmīsissent
Infinitive present prōmittere Infinitive perfect prōmīsisse Infinitive future prōmissūrum esse	Imperative present prōmitte prōmittite Imperative future prōmittitō prōmittitō prōmittitōte prōmittuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
prōmittor prōmitteris prōmittitur prōmittimur prōmittiminī prōmittuntur	prōmittēbar prōmittēbāris / prōmittēbāre prōmittēbātur prōmittēbāmur prōmittēbāminī prōmittēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
prōmissus sum prōmissus es prōmissus est prōmissī sumus prōmissī estis prōmissī sunt	prōmissus eram prōmissus erās prōmissus erat prōmissī erāmus prōmissī erātis prōmissī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
prōmittar prōmittēris / prōmittēre prōmittētur prōmittēmur prōmittēminī prōmittentur	prōmissus erō prōmissus eris prōmissus erit prōmissī erimus prōmissī eritis prōmissī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
prōmittar prōmittāris / prōmittāre prōmittātur prōmittāmur prōmittāminī prōmittantur	prōmitterer prōmitterēris / prōmitterēre prōmitterētur prōmitterēmur prōmitterēminī prōmitterentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
prōmissus sim prōmissus sīs prōmissus sit prōmissī sīmus prōmissī sītis prōmissī sint	prōmissus essem prōmissus essēs prōmissus esset prōmissī essēmus prōmissī essētis prōmissī essent
Infinitive present prōmittī Infinitive perfect prōmissum esse Infinitive future prōmissum īrī	Imperative present prōmittere prōmittiminī Imperative future prōmittitor prōmittitor - prōmittuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	prōmittēns	prōmittentēs
Gen.	prōmittentis	prōmittentium
Dat.	prōmittentī	prōmittentibus
Acc.	prōmittentem	prōmittentēs
Abl.	prōmittente	prōmittentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	prōmissūrus	prōmissūrī
Gen.	prōmissūrī	prōmissūrōrum
Dat.	prōmissūrō	prōmissūrīs
Acc.	prōmissūrum	prōmissūrōs
Abl.	prōmissūrō	prōmissūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	prōmissus	prōmissī
Gen.	prōmissī	prōmissōrum
Dat.	prōmissō	prōmissīs
Acc.	prōmissum	prōmissōs
Abl.	prōmissō	prōmissīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	prōmittendus	prōmittendī
Gen.	prōmittendī	prōmittendōrum
Dat.	prōmittendō	prōmittendīs
Acc.	prōmittendum	prōmittendōs
Abl.	prōmittendō	prōmittendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	prōmittere	prōmissum
Gen.	prōmittendī	prōmissū
Dat.	prōmittendō
Acc.	prōmittendum
Abl.	prōmittendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 223.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1485.
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. "prōmittō, prōmittere, prōmīsī, prōmissum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 19, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/promitto-promittere-promisi-promissum.