remitto Latin · revision 17964

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *m(e)ith₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈmɪt.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈmit.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remittō''' (present infinitive remittere, perfect active remīsī, supine remissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription spells the perfect subjunctive ''remeisserit''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|re-|mittō|t1=back|t2=to let go, send]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan derives [[m|la|mittō]] from [[itc-pro|*meit-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*m(e)ith₂-|t=to exchange, remove]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of sending a person back and of sending money in return: ''is argentum hūc remīsit'', “he sent the money back here”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Remittere'' is “to send back” a person or thing, “to send in reply”, and “to give back”;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''repudium remittere'' is to send notice of breaking an engagement or of divorce.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to throw back weapons (Caesar) and to return an echo (Virgil: ''vōcem lātē nemora alta remittunt'', “the high woods send back the cry far and wide”).^(OLD 2012) It is “to refer” a person or case to an authority, “to let go” the reins, “to release, spare” (Ennius: ''ubi remissā hūmānā vītā corpus requiēscat'', “where, life let go, the body may rest”), and “to give out” a product or sound.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It also means “to slacken, loosen”, “to relax” body, face or mind (''animum remittere''), “to drop” a feeling or effort, and intransitively “to abate, ease off”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Finally it is “to concede, permit”, “to remit” a debt or punishment, “to forgive” an offence, and “to forgo”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “remit, pardon, forgive, relax, send back, refer”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|remit]], “to forgive”, comes from it in the late 14th century, and [[m|en|remiss]], from the participle, in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''is argentum hūc remīsit'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ''repudium remīsit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''remissā hūmānā vītā''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of throwing back javelins.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of an echo.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|remit]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send back; to send in reply; to give back.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To throw back; to send back (an echo).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To refer (a person or case).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To let go, [[m|en|release]]; to spare.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give out, yield.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To slacken, loosen; to [[m|en|relax]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To drop, give up (a feeling or effort); to abate, ease off.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To concede, permit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|remit]], waive (a debt or punishment); to [[m|en|forgive]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To forgo.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remissa]]

+ * [[remissibilis]]

+ * [[remissiō]]

+ * [[remissor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mittō]]

+ * [[omittō]]

+ * [[en|remit]]

+ * [[en|remiss]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}