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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		permittere			permittī			permittēns			—
future		permissūrum esse			permissum īrī			permissūrus			permittendus, permittundus
perfect		permīsisse			permissum esse			—			permissus
future perfect		—			permissum fore			—			—
perfect potential		permissūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		permittendī		permittendō		permittendum		permittendō		permissum		permissū

Derived terms

• permissiō
• permissor
• permissum
• permissus

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