I.“amīssis, sync., = amiseris,” Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 70).
I. 1. A.. In gen., to send away from one's self, to dismiss (thus, anteclass., freq. in Plaut. and Ter.): quod nos dicimus dimittere, antiqui etiam dicebant amittere, Don. ad Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 71; Att. ap. Non. 75, 32: “stulte feci, qui hunc (servum) amisi,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 66; id. ib. 4, 5, 25; so id. ib. 4, 5, 28: “quo pacto hic servos suum erum hinc amittat domum,” id. Capt. prol. 36: “et te et hunc amittam hinc,” id. ib. 2, 2, 82; so id. Most. 2, 2, 2; id. Men. 5, 8, 6 al.: “ut neque mi jus sit amittendi nec retinendi copia,” Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 24; 5, 8, 27; id. And. 5, 3, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 8, 17 al.: “testis mecum est anulus, quem amiserat,” which he had sent away, id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; Varr. ap. Non. 83, 12.—
B. Spec., to let go, let slip: “praedā de manibus amissā,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20.—With simple abl.: “praedam ex oculis manibusque amittere,” Liv. 30, 24; 29, 32 et saep.: “Sceledre, manibus amisisti praedam,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 47 Ritschl.—
2. Trop.
A. In gen.: “istam rem certum est non amittere,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 217: “tibi hanc amittam noxiam unam,” to remit, to pardon, id. Poen. 1, 2, 191: “occasionem amittere,” Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 58; so Cic. Caecin. 5, 15; id. Att. 15, 11; Caes. B. G. 3, 18 al. (opp. occasionem raptare, Cic.: “arripere, Liv.: complecti, Plin. Min.: intellegere, Tac.): servire tempori et non amittere tempus cum sit datum,” Cic. Att. 8, 3, 6: “fidem amittere,” to break their word given on oath, Nep. Eun. 10, 2 Dähn.; Ov. M. 15, 556 al.—
B. Of trees, to let go, let fall, to drop, lose: “punica florem amittit,” Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109: “pyrus et amygdala amittunt florem et primos fructus,” id. ib.: “ocissime salix amittit semen,” id. 16, 26, 46, § 110.—
II. Esp., to lose (commonly without criminality, by mistake, accident, etc.; while perdere usually designates a losing through one's own fault; and omittere, to allow a thing to pass by or over, which one might have obtained): Decius amisit vitam; at non perdidit: dedit vitam, accepit patriam: amisit animam, potitus est gloriā, Auct. ad Her. 4, 44, 57: Multa amittuntur tarditie et socordiā, Att. ap. Non. 181, 21 (Trag. Rel. p. 73 Rib.): “Simul consilium cum re amisti?” Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10: “amittit vitam sensumque priorem,” Lucr. 3, 769 et saep.: “imperii jus amittere,” Cic. Phil. 10, 5 fin.: “ut totam litem aut obtineamus aut amittamus,” id. Rosc. Com. 4, 10: “classes optimae amissae et perditae,” Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13: “filium amisit (sc. per mortem),” id. Fam. 4, 6; so Tac. Agr. 6; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Calig. 12: “oppidum Capsam et magnam pecuniam amiserat,” Sall. J. 97, 1: “patrimoniis amissis,” id. C. 37, 5: “amittere optimates, i. e. favorem, animum eorum,” Nep. Dion, 7, 2 Dähn.: “patriam,” Liv. 5, 53: “exercitum,” id. 8, 33: “opera amissa (sc. incendio) restituit,” id. 5, 7; so Suet. Claud. 6: “si reperire vocas amittere certius,” i. e. to know more certainly that she is lost, Ov. M. 5, 519: “colores,” Hor. C. 3, 5, 27; so id. S. 1, 1, 60; 2, 5, 2 (not elsewh. in Hor.).
