permitto

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through, along; during”) +‎ mittō (“let go, release; send out; throw”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈmit.toː/, [pɛrˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈmit.to/, [perˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

permittō (present infinitive permittere, perfect active permīsī, supine permissum); third conjugation

1. to let go, let loose

   Synonyms: immittō, parcō, praetereō, omittō, āmittō, remittō, neglegō

2. to cast, hurl, throw; send away, export

   Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, iaculor, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō

3. (figuratively, with dative) to give leave, give up, allow, suffer, grant, permit, surrender, let

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, linquō, dēsinō, sinō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, dō, remittō, condōnō, tribuō

Conjugation

Conjugation of permittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	permittō	permittis	permittit	permittimus	permittitis	permittunt
	imperfect	permittēbam	permittēbās	permittēbat	permittēbāmus	permittēbātis	permittēbant
	future	permittam	permittēs	permittet	permittēmus	permittētis	permittent
	perfect	permīsī	permīsistī	permīsit	permīsimus	permīsistis	permīsērunt, permīsēre
	pluperfect	permīseram	permīserās	permīserat	permīserāmus	permīserātis	permīserant
	future perfect	permīserō	permīseris	permīserit	permīserimus	permīseritis	permīserint
passive	present	permittor	permitteris, permittere	permittitur	permittimur	permittiminī	permittuntur
	imperfect	permittēbar	permittēbāris, permittēbāre	permittēbātur	permittēbāmur	permittēbāminī	permittēbantur
	future	permittar	permittēris, permittēre	permittētur	permittēmur	permittēminī	permittentur
	perfect	permissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	permissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	permissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	permittam	permittās	permittat	permittāmus	permittātis	permittant
	imperfect	permitterem	permitterēs	permitteret	permitterēmus	permitterētis	permitterent
	perfect	permīserim	permīserīs	permīserit	permīserīmus	permīserītis	permīserint
	pluperfect	permīsissem	permīsissēs	permīsisset	permīsissēmus	permīsissētis	permīsissent
passive	present	permittar	permittāris, permittāre	permittātur	permittāmur	permittāminī	permittantur
	imperfect	permitterer	permitterēris, permitterēre	permitterētur	permitterēmur	permitterēminī	permitterentur
	perfect	permissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	permissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	permitte	—	—	permittite	—
	future	—	permittitō	permittitō	—	permittitōte	permittuntō
passive	present	—	permittere	—	—	permittiminī	—
	future	—	permittitor	permittitor	—	—	permittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		permittere	permīsisse	permissūrum esse	permittī	permissum esse	permissum īrī
participles		permittēns	—	permissūrus	—	permissus	permittendus, permittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		permittendī	permittendō	permittendum	permittendō	permissum	permissū

Derived terms

Derived terms

• permissiō
• permissor
• permissum
• permissus

Related terms

Related terms

• admittō
• āmittō
• circummittō
• committō
• dēmittō
• dīmittō
• ēmittō
• immittō
• intermittō
• intrōmittō
• mittō
• omittō
• praemittō
• praetermittō
• prōmittō
• remittō
• submittō
• supermittō
• trānsmittō

Descendants

• Catalan: permetre
• → Dutch: permitteren
• → English: permit
• French: permettre
• Galician: permitir
• Italian: permettere
• Portuguese: permitir
• Romanian: permite
• Spanish: permitir

References

• “permitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “permitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• permitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slacken the reins: habenas permittere
    
  • to give a horse the reins: admittere, permittere equum
    
  • to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: arbitrio alicuius omnia permittere
    
  • to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: omnium rerum arbitrium alicui permittere
    
  • to put oneself under some one's protection: se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem
    
  • to leave a matter to be decided by popular vote: multitudinis suffragiis rem permittere
    
  • to give some one unlimited power in state affairs: rem publicam alicui permittere
    
  • to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia permittere victoris potestati
    
  • to surrender oneself to the discretion of some one: se permittere in fidem atque in potestatem alicuius (B. G. 2. 3)
    
  • to make one's submission to some one: in alicuius potestatem se permittere