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praetermitto

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From praeter- +‎ mitto.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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praetermittō (present infinitive praetermittere, perfect active praetermīsī, supine praetermissum); third conjugation

  1. to allow or permit to pass
  2. to omit or neglect
  3. to overlook

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: pretermit
  • Italian: pretermettere

References

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  • praetermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praetermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praetermitto 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 pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
    • to except the fact that..: ut praetermittam c. Acc. c. Inf.