dimitto, dimittere, dimisi, dimissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
send away/off; allow to go, let go/off; disband, discharge, dismiss (soldiers);
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dimitto | dimittimus |
| 2 | dimittis | dimittitis |
| 3 | dimittit | dimittunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | dimittere |
| active | perfect | dimisisse |
| passive | present | dimitti |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | dimitte | dimittite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | dimittito | dimittitote |
| 3 | dimittito | dimittunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | dimittere | dimittimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | dimittitor | — |
| 3 | dimittitor | dimittuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dimissus | dimissi |
| Gen. | dimissi | dimissorum |
| Dat. | dimisso | — |
| Acc. | dimissum | dimissos |
| Voc. | dimisse | dimissi |
| Abl. | dimisso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dimissa | dimissae |
| Gen. | dimissae | dimissarum |
| Dat. | dimissae | — |
| Acc. | dimissam | dimissas |
| Voc. | dimissa | dimissae |
| Abl. | dimissa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dimissum | dimissa |
| Gen. | dimissi | dimissorum |
| Dat. | dimisso | — |
| Acc. | dimissum | dimissa |
| Voc. | dimissum | dimissa |
| Abl. | dimisso | — |
Supines
accusative: dimissum; ablative: dimissu
Examples
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nolis cupiunt ultro. THR. bene putas. GN. iam dimitto exercitum? THR. ubi vis. GN. Sanga, ita ut fortis..." Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...petis arva Padi, Ne vivam, nisi te, Domiti, dimitto libenter, Grata licet sine te sit mihi nulla dies..."- L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...polum. nunc decora regni teneo, nunc solium patris. dimitto superos; summa uotorum attigi. bene est, abunde..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Facio, inquit, indutias vobiscum, et a constituta lite dimitto. Quod si non adnuissetis de hac medicina quam peto..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...militum seditiosus malusque civis fuisti, te ab exercitu dimitto. Tite Saliene M. Tiro C. Clusinas, cum ordines..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nunc iure belli liberum te, intactum inviolatumque hinc dimitto." Tunc Mucius, quasi remunerans meritum, "quando quidem" inquit..."