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mittō mīsī (mīstī, for mīsistī, Ct.), missus, ere

MIT-, to cause to go, let go, send, send off, despatch : ad Troiam ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. C.: alquem ad hoc negotium, S.: illum pro consule mittere: legatos de deditione ad eum, Cs.: Tanaim neci, V.: in possessionem, put in possession : filium foras ad propinquum mittit ad cenam, sends out : sub iugum, send under the yoke , Cs.: sub iugo, L.: legatos qui dicerent, esse, etc., Cs.: miserunt qui emerent, etc.: legatos rogatum auxilium, Cs.: Delphos consultum, N.: legati missi postulantes, etc., L.: Eurypylum scitantem oracula Mittimus, V.: in Oceanum me quaerere gemmas, Pr.: misit orare, ut venirem, T.To send word, announce, tell, report, advise, send orders : tibi salutem, send greeting , O.: nuntios ad eum, velle, etc., S.: legatos ad me, se venturum, send me word that : ad conlegam mittit, opus esse exercitu, L.: in Siciliam misit, ut equitatus mitteretur, Cs.: Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur: mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis, L.To send as a compliment, dedicate, inscribe : liber ab eo ad Balbum missus: librum ad te de senectute.— To send, yield, produce, furnish, export : India mittit ebur, V.: (Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis, O.To dismiss, forget, put away : odium, L.: levīs spes, H.: missam iram facere, T.: certamen, end , V.—In speaking, to pass over, pass by, dismiss, omit, give over, cease, forbear : mitte id quod scio, dic quod rogo, never mind what , etc., T.: mitto proelia: mitto ea, quae, etc., V.: mitte sectari, etc., do not , H.: Cetera mitte loqui, H.: illud dicere: pro nobis mitte precari, O.: mitto, quid tum sit actum: mitto, quod fueris, etc.: mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere): missos facere quaestūs trienni. — To let go, let loose, quit, release, dismiss : carceribus missi currūs, H.: cutem, H.: mitte me, let me alone , T.: nos missos face, have done with us , T.: missus abibis, scot-free , H.: misso senatu, Cs.: ex oppido mitti, be let out , Cs.: missum fieri, be set at liberty , N.: amicos in negotium, to set up in business : sub titulum lares, put a bill on the house , i. e. offer for sale , O.: in consilium, i. e. send the judges to make their verdict : se in foedera, enter into , V.: me in iambos, drive , H.: missos faciant honores, renounce.—To let out, put forth, send out, emit : sanguinem provinciae, bleed , i. e. exhaust : serpens sibila misit, O.: vocem pro me nemo mittit, speaks a word : vocem liberam, speak with freedom , L.: Thyesteas preces, H.: Afranianos sui timoris signa misisse, showed signs of fear , Cs.To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch : tanta caelo missa vis aquae, S.: pila, Cs.: fulmina, H.: se saxo ab alto, cast down , O.: se in aquas, O.: retia misit, cast , Iu.: talos in phimum, H.: panem cani, Ph.: panem, throw away , Cs.: aquas, sprinkle , O.: rosa missa, let fall , O.To attend, guide, escort : (animas) sub Tartara, V.

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