Mitto, mirtis, misi, missum, mírtere. Terent.To send: to leaue or lay apart: to let passe: not to speake of: to giue: to cast: to hurle: to bring forth: to put foorth.Rogas vt mea tibi scripta mittam.Cic.Ad hominem ventosissimum LepidÛ mittas. Brutus ad Cic.Mittere circa reges.Liu.To send about to kings.Adolescentem foras ad propinquum suum misit ad cœnam.Cic.Hominem certum misi de comitibus meis, Cic.Aliquid de scriptis suis mittere.Cic.Illa è via misi ad te.Cic.I sent those letters to you being on the way in my iourney.Missa est ex itinere.Cic.It was sent as he was on the way in his iourney.Maturè mittere, Vide MATVRVS.Paucis diebus mittere, Vide PAVCVS. Mittere, pro scribere.Cic. Curio misi, vt medico honos haberetur. I wrate to Curius that, &c. missa est ancilla illicò Obstetricem accersitum.Terent. Misi qui pro vectura soluerer.Cic.I sent one to pay for the cariage. In acta mittere. Sen. To register or write in.Auxilium mittere.Ouid.In caput mitti.Senec.To be cast downe on his head, or with his head forward.In consilium mittere.Cic.To let the indges depart and conferre betweene them selfe after the oratour hath pleaded, and so to come and giue sentence.Corpus mittere sepulchro.Stat.To burie.In expeditionem mittere. Cæs. Hastam misit in ora.Ouid.He did cast.Sub iugum mittere. Cæs. Vide IVGVM. In fabulas & sermones aliquem mittere.Quintil.To make all the world to talke and iest at one.Legatos ad Senatum.Cic.Legatos cum authoritate.Cic.Legatos misit, se venturum.Cic.He sent worde by ambassadours that he would come.Orbem totum sub leges mittere. Virgil. To bring the whole world dnder their obedience.Literas ad Iugurtham mittunt, quam ocyssimè ad prouinciam accedat.Salust.They sent letters to Iugurth.Crebrò alicui litteras mittere.Cic.Mittere aliquem in locum alterius.Liu.Lucem quam sole accipit, mittit in terras luna.Cicer.The moone casteth that light on the earth which, &c.Mandara mittere alicui. Propert. Ad mortem mittere.Cic.To put to death.In negotium mittere.Cic.To send about to exploit his businesse.Ad nomen mittere. Quint. To send to the musters to be billed for a souldiour.Nuntios ad regem mittere.Obsides mittere. Ces. Illi obuiam misimus Athenas, vt inde Thessalonicam veniret.Cic.We sent certaine to meete him at Athens.Mitte mihi quæso obuiam literas, nunquid putes Reip. nomine tardandum esse nobis. Ci. I pray you send letters to meete me, wherein you may signifie whether it be your aduise, &c.Oratores mittere petitum pacem.Liu.Oratorem ad aliquem de re aliqua mittere.Cic.In ora populi mittere.Quintil.To make the world speake of one.In possessionem mittere.Cic.For contempt or none appearance of a partie, to sende the demaundant or plaintife to take possession of his house and goods.Mirtere possessum in bona, Vide POSSIDEO.Præcipitem mitrere de muro. Hirtius. To cast downe headlong from the wall.Mitrere se præcipitem ex alto. Vlp. To cast himselfe downe headlong from an high.Iácere & mittere ridiculum, Cic.To speake a thing to make men laugh: to vtter a scoffe or merie iest.Salutem mittere alicui.Ouid.To salute.Mittere sanguinem.Cic. Corn. Cels. To let bloud.Missus est sanguis inuidiæ sine dolore.Cic.A saxo mittere se.Ouid.To tumble or fall downe willingly from a rocke.In sermones aliquem mittere. Quint. To make one talked of.In seruitutem vibes mitrere.Liu.Signú mittere timoris sui. Cæs. To signifie that he is afraid.SubsidiÛ & subsidio mittere. Cæs. To sende ayde or succour.In suffragiÛ mittere Centurias, Liu.To dimlsse the wardes or hundreds to giue their doyces.In plures suspiciones mirtere. Quint. Talos mittere. Prop. Hor. To cast the dice.Tempestatem mittere.Plaut.To sende a tempest.Vocem mittere.Liu.To speake or crie.Mittere vocÊ contra aliquÊ.Cic.To speake or vtter a worde.Vocem pro Republica mittere.Cic.To speake fo &c.Vox de quæstura nulla missa est.Cic.No man spake a worde of, &c.Voces furiales mittere.Cic.To vtter furious words without rime or reason. Mittere. Plin. To put or bring forth as trees do leaues.Mittere folia. Plin, To bring forth leaues.Mitrere fructum. Plin. Fructum è cortice mitit admirabilem. Plin. Mittere radicem. Colu. To roote: to take roote in growing. Mittere.Virg.To giue: to sende as a present.Hos illi quod non bene vertat mittimus hœdos.Virg. Mitte lachrymas. Ter. Weepe no more.Ambages mitte, arque hoc age. Plautus. Leaue all long cir. cumstances, and tell me this matter at a worde.Certamen mittere.Virg.Curam mittere de pectore.Virg.To cast or lay apart all sorow out of his heart.Missam iram faciet. Ter. He will be asswaged or mitigated.Odium mittere & finire.Liu. Mitte leues spes. Horat. Timorem mittere.Virg.To cease to feare.Mitto maledicta omnia. Ter. I leaue all foule and reprochfull wordes.Mitte malè loqui. Ter. Leaue your foule language.Pro nobis mitte precari.Ouid.Intreate no more for vs.Iam scrutari mitto, redde huc.Plaut.I cease now to seeke or aske.Mitte de illo nunc.Plaut.Speake no more now of him.Mitto iam osculari atque amplexari id nihil puto.Terent.I will not speake of clipping and kissing.Mitto quòd inuidiam, quòd pericula, quòd omnes meas tÊpestates subieris, &c.Cic.I will not rehearse that, &c. Mitte hunc ire.Plaut.Let him goe.Mitte me.Terent.Let me goe.-vnam hanc noxiam Mitte: si aliam vnquam vllam admisero, occidito. Ter. Pardon or forgine me this one offence.
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mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc. I. In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.): filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, 66: signa ... quam plurima quam primumque mittas, id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 27: pabulatum mittebat, id. B. C. 1, 40: scitatum oracula, Verg. A. 2, 114: Delphos consultum, Nep. Them. 2, 6: missus sum, te ut requirerem, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42: ego huc missa sum ludere, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48: equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant, Caes. B. G. 1, 18: alicui subsidium, id. ib. 2, 6: ad subsidium, Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1: misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret, Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12: qui solveret, id. Att. 1, 3, 2: mittite ambo hominem, Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.: Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,
sent me word that
, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5: ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu, Liv. 24, 19, 3: Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat, id. 8, 23, 1: Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem, id. 34, 29, 9: statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum, Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2: aliquem morti,
to put to death, despatch
, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so, ad mortem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97: in possessionem,
to put in possession
, id. Quint. 26, 83: aliquem ad cenam,
to invite one to dinner
, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7: sub jugo, Liv. 3, 28 fin.— II. In partic. A.To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one: ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1: Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur, id. ib. 16, 9, 3: mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis, Liv. 6, 10, 2: hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me, Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3: salutem alicui,
to send greeting to, to greet one
, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1: ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo, i. e.
if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me
, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—B.To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem: liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus, id. Sen. 1, 3.—C.To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country): India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei, Verg. G. 1, 57: (Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis, Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.: quos frigida misit Nursia, Verg. A. 7, 715: hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni, Ov. Med. Fac. 53: quas mittit dives Panchaia merces, Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.— D.To dismiss a thing from the mind: maestumque timorem Mittite, Verg. A. 1, 203: mittere ac finire odium, Liv. 40, 46: leves spes, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8: missam iram facere, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—E.To put an end to, end: certamen, Verg. A. 5, 286.— F. Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.: praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45: mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,
omit
, Cic. Mur. 15, 33: maledicta omnia, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.: jam scrutari mitto, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24: mitte male loqui, Ter. And. 5, 3, 2: cetera mitte loqui, Hor. Epod. 13, 7: illud dicere, Cic. Quint. 27, 85: quaerere, id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53: mitto iam de rege quaerere, id. Sull. 7, 22: hoc exsequi mitto, Quint. 5, 10, 18: incommoda mortalium deflere, Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod: mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47: verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132: missos facere quaestus triennii, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, 104.—G.To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77: unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres, Varr. L. L. 5, 153 Müll.: quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100: mittin' me intro?
, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2: nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,
to set up in business
, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, 26: sues in hostes,
to set upon
, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack: vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones, Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret): se in foedera,
to enter into, conclude, make
, Verg. A. 12, 190: missos faciant honores,
to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about
, Cic. Sest. 66, 138: vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo, Hirt. B. Afr. 54: missam facere legionem,
to dismiss
, Suet. Caes. 69: remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus, Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3: Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,
put her away
, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—H.To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10: sanguinem alicui, id. ib.; Petr. 91.—Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.: missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore, id. ib. 1, 16, 11: radices,
to put forth roots, to take root
, Col. 3, 18: folium,
to put forth leaves
, Plin. 18, 7, 10, 58: florem,
to blossom, bloom
, id. 24, 9, 38, 59: membranas de corpore,
to throw off, shed
, Lucr. 4, 57: serpens horrenda sibila misit,
gave forth, emitted
, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say: vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,
speaks a word
, Cic. Sest. 19, 42: vocem liberam,
to speak with freedom
, Liv. 35, 32: flens diu vocem non misit, id. 3, 50, 4: adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc., Flor. 4, 10, 7: repente vocem sancta misit Religio, Phaedr. 4, 11, 4: nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras, Juv. 13, 114: haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,
have showed signs of fear
, id. ib. 71: signa, Verg. G. 1, 229: signum sanguinis,
to show signs of blood, look bloody
, Lucr. 1, 882.—K.To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch: hastam, Ov. M. 11, 8: pila, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: lapides in aliquem,
to throw
, Petr. 90: fulmina,
to hurl
, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59: aliquid igni, Val. Fl. 3, 313: de ponte,
to cast, precipitate
, Cat. 17, 23: praecipitem aliquem ex arce, Ov. M. 8, 250: se saxo ab alto,
to cast one's self down
, id. ib. 11, 340: se in rapidas aquas, id. Am. 3, 6, 80: se in medium,
to plunge into the midst
, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets: retia misit, Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71: talos in phimum, Hor. S. 2, 7, 17: panem alicui,
to throw to
, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3: Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,
laid his hand on his weapons
, Sen. Ira, 2, 2: pira in vasculo, Pall. 3, 25, 11: fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos, Ov. F. 6, 310: accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,
which one has let fall
, id. ib. 5, 360.—L. = pe/mpein, to attend, guide, escort: alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius), Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.: sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā, id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.