omitto Latin · revision 18181

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''omittō''' (present infinitive omittere, perfect active omīsī, supine omissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|ob-|mittō|t2=to let go, send]], through ⟨*ommittō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Etymonline takes the prefix to be intensive here.^(Etymonline) De Vaan derives [[m|la|mittō]] from [[itc-pro|*meit-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*m(e)ith₂-|t=to exchange, remove]]; the sense would have moved from “exchange” to “give” and “let go, send”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus: ''omitte actūtum, furcifer, marsuppium'', “let go of the purse at once, you scoundrel”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Omittere'' is first “to let go, release” from one's grasp or from custody, and “to let slip” a pursued enemy or an opportunity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is “to discard” (Caesar: ''omissīs pīlīs gladiīs rem gerunt'', “they threw away their javelins and fought with swords”), “to withdraw from, forsake”, “to give up a claim” (Cicero of a province) and “to leave off” an activity or feeling (Plautus: ''omitte īrātus esse'', “stop being angry”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also “to disregard, pay no heed to” (''omitte alia, hoc mihi respondē'', “never mind the rest, answer me this”), “to pass over in speaking or writing”, used in paralipsis, and “to leave undone, neglect to”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Döderlein contrasts ''[[intermittō|alt=intermittere]]'', to leave off for a time, with ''omittere'', to leave out altogether, quoting Varro: ''studia tantum intermittantur, nē omittantur'', “let studies be interrupted only, not given up”.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it “omit, leave undone”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|omit]] comes from it in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''omitte … marsuppium'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) ''omitte īrātus esse''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it in paralipsis.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar: ''omissīs pīlīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|omit]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To let go, [[m|en|release]]; to let slip.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|discard]], throw away.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To withdraw from, [[m|en|forsake]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To renounce, forgo (a claim).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To leave off, give up (an activity or feeling); with an infinitive, to stop.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To disregard, pay no heed to.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pass over, [[m|en|omit]] (in speech or writing).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To leave undone, [[m|en|neglect]] (to).^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[omissiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mittō]]

+ * [[intermittō]]

+ * [[dīmittō]]

+ * [[en|omit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}