omitto

Latin

Alternative forms

• obmittō

Etymology

For *ommittō, from ob- +‎ mittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈmit.toː/, [ɔˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈmit.to/, [oˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose

   Synonym: obiectō

2. (transitive) to lay aside, give up, abandon, neglect or disregard

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

3. (transitive) to omit, leave out (in speech or writing)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of omittō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	omittō		omittis		omittit		omittimus		omittitis		omittunt
	imperfect	omittēbam		omittēbās		omittēbat		omittēbāmus		omittēbātis		omittēbant
	future	omittam		omittēs		omittet		omittēmus		omittētis		omittent
	perfect	omīsī		omīsistī		omīsit		omīsimus		omīsistis		omīsērunt, omīsēre
	pluperfect	omīseram		omīserās		omīserat		omīserāmus		omīserātis		omīserant
	future perfect	omīserō		omīseris		omīserit		omīserimus		omīseritis		omīserint
passive	present	omittor		omitteris, omittere		omittitur		omittimur		omittiminī		omittuntur
	imperfect	omittēbar		omittēbāris, omittēbāre		omittēbātur		omittēbāmur		omittēbāminī		omittēbantur
	future	omittar		omittēris, omittēre		omittētur		omittēmur		omittēminī		omittentur
	perfect	omissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	omissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	omissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	omittam		omittās		omittat		omittāmus		omittātis		omittant
	imperfect	omitterem		omitterēs		omitteret		omitterēmus		omitterētis		omitterent
	perfect	omīserim		omīserīs		omīserit		omīserīmus		omīserītis		omīserint
	pluperfect	omīsissem		omīsissēs		omīsisset		omīsissēmus		omīsissētis		omīsissent
passive	present	omittar		omittāris, omittāre		omittātur		omittāmur		omittāminī		omittantur
	imperfect	omitterer		omitterēris, omitterēre		omitterētur		omitterēmur		omitterēminī		omitterentur
	perfect	omissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	omissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		omitte		—		—		omittite		—
	future	—		omittitō		omittitō		—		omittitōte		omittuntō
passive	present	—		omittere		—		—		omittiminī		—
	future	—		omittitor		omittitor		—		—		omittuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		omittere			omittī			omittēns			—
future		omissūrum esse			omissum īrī			omissūrus			omittendus, omittundus
perfect		omīsisse			omissum esse			—			omissus
future perfect		—			omissum fore			—			—
perfect potential		omissūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		omittendī		omittendō		omittendum		omittendō		omissum		omissū

Derived terms

• omissiō

Descendants

• Catalan: ometre
• English: omit
• French: omettre
• Galician: omitir
• Italian: omettere
• Middle English: omitten, omisen
• Middle French: omettre
• Portuguese: omitir
• Romanian: omite
• Spanish: 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
• omitto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• omitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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.
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN