dimissus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dimissus, dimissi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Military
surrender; handing over; demise;
nom. sg. - Entry →dimitto, dimittere, dimisi, dimissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
send away/off; allow to go, let go/off; disband, discharge, dismiss (soldiers);; dissolve (assembly); part with; put away; divorce; pay off, settle (debt);; release, set free; allow to escape/slip away; shake off/scatter/shed;; discontinue, renounce, abandon/forsake, forgo, give up (activity); dispatch;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...metus, ueros meretur. Oe. Quisquis in culpa fuit, dimissus odit: omne quod dubium est cadat. Cr. Sic odia..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...heri summa cena eum vindicasset, a conviviis dimissus ; itaque hodie tamquam libertus in convivium revertitur." Damnavi ego stuporem..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nobis ille quem instituebamus orator, a dicendi magistris dimissus, aut suo iam impetu fertur aut maiora sibi auxilia..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...senatu fuisset eo die quoad senatus est dimissus, domum venit, calceos et vestimenta mutavit, paulisper, dum se uxor..." - M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...debet patriae suae beneficium, quod a fame solus dimissus est. audi itaque, audi, frumentum istud, quod lucri fecisti..." - M
X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...secura dabitur quies; scit ad quam debeat venire dimissus. 'Iuvenis piissime, iuvenis indulgentissime, numquam matri tuae umbra..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quod mihi miserum putabat. Res dictu incredibilis: gladiator dimissus, redemptor occisus est! recepit pectore adverso ferrum et quasi..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...illum diu felicem sua portio; quisquis uidetur dimissus esse dilatus est. 8. Quare deus optimum quemque aut mala..."
