remissus Latin · revision 31751

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *meyth₂-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remissus''' (feminine ''remissa'', neuter ''remissum'', comparative ''remissior'', superlative ''remississimus''); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The superlative is perhaps found only in Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[m|la|remittō|t=to send back, slacken]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The verb is formed from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|mittō|t=to send, let go]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*meyth₂-|alt=*m(e)ith₂-|t=to exchange, remove]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who reports the actor Roscius' plan to make the flute's measures slower and his songs gentler in old age.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its literal sense is slack, not drawn tight, as Manilius' drooping tongue, and of columns, spaced out (Vitruvius).^(OLD 2012) Of sound, activity and style it means gentle and relaxed, and of persons free and easy, light-hearted.^(OLD 2012) It also means not exerting oneself, easy-going or slack, as when Cicero's opponents thought him too casual in canvassing, and lenient towards others, as Cicero's senate that was milder than it should have been.^(OLD 2012) Of conditions it is moderate, as Caesar's milder winters in Britain, of remedies weak in action (Pliny the Elder), of a valuation low, and in Celsus of a patient free from fever.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of gentler songs and of a lenient senate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of milder cold.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of a patient free from fever.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|slack|alt=Slack]], not drawn tight; spaced out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|gentle|alt=Gentle]], relaxed, mild; of persons, free and easy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Easy-going, [[m|en|careless]], slack.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|lenient|alt=Lenient]], forbearing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Not intense, [[m|en|moderate]]; of remedies, weak; of a valuation, low; of a patient, free from fever.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remitto|alt=remittō]]

+ * [[remissio|alt=remissiō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Niermeyer records a medieval ''remissus'' that is a variant of ''emissus'' “deceitful”, apparently understood as “subordinate”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}