repromitto Latin · revision 34359

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛ.proːˈmɪt.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [re.proˈmit.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reprōmittō''' (present infinitive reprōmittere, perfect active reprōmīsī, supine reprōmissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has the perfect spelled with ⟨ei⟩, ''repromeisserit''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|prōmittō|t2=to promise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) That verb is a compound of [[m|la|prō-]] and [[m|la|mittō|t=to send, let go]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*m(e)ith₂-|t=to exchange, remove]]; de Vaan sees its meaning develop from “exchange” to “give” and “let go, send”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) as a term of business for promising in return or binding oneself: ''repromittam istoc tibi nomine solutam rem futuram'', a promise that the debt on that account will be paid.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In legal use it means to give a formal undertaking in return, as in Cicero’s speech for Quintus Roscius, and then to promise to do or give something.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Suetonius uses it of promising again,^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) and Pliny the Younger of guaranteeing something, giving one’s word.^(OLD 2012) In Ecclesiastical Latin it is used of promising in general, and of promising again or binding oneself.^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it as a business term.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a formal undertaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of promising again.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(law, intransitive)'' To give a formal [[m|en|undertaking]] in return, to bind oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|promise]] to do or give.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|guarantee]], give one’s word.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To promise again.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To promise.^(Georges 1913)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reprōmissiō]]

+ * [[reprōmissor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}