submissus (summ-) adj. with comp.
P. of submitto,
let down, lowered, low
: stantibus primis, secundis summissioribus,
stooping lower
, L.: Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice
postīs, O.—Fig., of speech,
low, soft, gentle, calm, composed, moderate
: dicere summissā (voce) leniter: forma summissi
oratoris.—Of character,
humble, submissive
: Submissi petimus terram, V.—
Low, mean, grovelling, abject
: ne quid submissum faciamus.