dimitto Latin · revision 8431

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīmittō''' (present infinitive dīmittere, perfect active dīmīsī, supine dīmissum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has ''dīmīssero'' for ''dīmīsero''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart, away” and [[mittō]] “to send”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of giving up an activity.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to send away, let go, dismiss, as in Afranius, and in Terence to disband an army or discharge someone from service.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to divorce a wife, to send in different directions, and to give up possession of something, and in Varro to dispatch.^(OLD 2012) In Caesar it meant to set free and to let slip, and in Cato to give up an activity.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to send away, dismiss, forgive, allow, leave.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''dimettere'' and Spanish ''dimitir'' “to resign”, and its participle ''dīmissus'' is behind [[en|dismiss]], first recorded in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of giving up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

+ * early 15th century – English ''dismiss'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send away, [[m|en|dismiss]]; to disband.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To divorce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dispatch.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set free; to let slip.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To [[m|en|forgive]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dīmissiō]]

+ * [[dimissor]]

+ * [[dimissus]]

+ * [[indimissus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mittō]]

+ * [[en|dismiss]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}