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Lewis Short
(verb) : dī-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3
* With particular reference to the prep., to send different ways, to send apart, i. e.
* To send out or forth in different directions, to send about (class.).
* With particular reference to the verb, to send away either an individual or a body; to let go, discharge, dismiss, release.
* To separate a multitude, to break up, dissolve; and subjectively, to dismiss (from one's self), to discharge, disband: senatu dimisso,Cic. Lael. 3, 12: senatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65: concilium,id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Vatin. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 31; id. B. C. 1, 32, 4 et saep.; cf. conventum,Sall. C. 21 fin.: exercitum (a standing military t. t.; cf. Vell. 2, 52, 4), Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 6; 1, 9, 5 et saep.: plures manus (with diducere, and opp. continere manipulos ad signa),Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 5: delectum,Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 15: convivium,to break up,Liv. 36, 29; Tac. A. 15, 30 et saep.
* Lit.: aliquem ab se et amandare in ultimas terras,Cic. Sull. 20, 57; so, aliquem ab se,id. Fam. 13, 63; Nep. Att. 4, 2: discedentem aliquem non sine magno dolore,id. ib. 12, 18fin.: aliquos aequos placatosque,id. Or. 10, 34; so, aliquem incolumem,Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 4; 1, 23, 3: ex custodia,Liv. 23, 2, 14: e carcere,Just. 21, 1, 5: impunitum,Sall. C. 51, 5: saucium ac fugatum,Nep. Hann. 4: neminem nisi victum,id. ib. 3 et saep.; cf.: aliquem ludos pessumos, i. e. pessime ludificatum,Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 12: uxorem,i. e. to put her away, repudiate her,Suet. Aug. 63 al.: Cossutia dimissa, quae desponsata fuerat, etc.,id. Caes. 1: sponsam intactam,id. Aug. 62: cf. also: aliquam e matrimonio,Suet. Tib. 49; v. also under no. B.: creditorem,i. e. to pay him,Dig. 31, 72: debitorem,i. e. to forgive him the debt,ib. 50, 9, 4: equos, in order to fight on foot,Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Verg. A. 10, 366; but also in order to flee,Caes. B. C. 3, 69 fin.: hostem ex manibus,id. ib. 1, 64, 2; 3, 49, 2; cf. also: Demosthenem (i. e. his orations) e manibus,to put out of one's hands, to lay down,Cic. Or. 30; cf.: istos sine ulla contumelia dimittamus,id. de Or. 3, 17, 64: milites, in oppidum,Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2: a turpissima suspicione,to free, relieve,Petr. 13, 4.—Absol.: dimittam, ut te velle video,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 106; Cic. de Or. 1, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 86 al.
* Transf., of inanimate objects: eum locum, quem ceperant,to abandon, desert,Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4: Italiam,id. ib. 1, 25, 4: ripas,id. B. G. 5, 18 fin.: complura oppida,Hirt. B. G. 8, 5: provinciam,Liv. 40, 43: captam Trojam,Ov. M. 13, 226 et saep.: fortunas morte,Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf. patrimonium,id. Caecin. 26 fin.: speratam praedam ex manibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 1: signa ex metu,id. B. C. 3, 69 fin.; cf. arma,Sen. Ep. 66 fin.; Luc. 3, 367 et saep.— Esp.: dimissis manibus, with hands relaxed, i. e. in all haste: ibi odos dimissis manibus in caelum volat,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; cf.: dimissis pedibus,id. ib. v. 54: dimissis manibus fugere domum,id. Ep. 3, 1, 16.
* Trop., to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake: ista philosophia, quae nunc prope dimissa revocatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: rem saepius frustra tentatam,Caes. B. C. 1, 26 fin.: exploratam victoriam,id. B. G. 7, 52, 2: oppugnationem,id. ib. 7, 17, 4; id. B. C. 3, 73, 1: occasionem rei bene gerendae,id. B. G. 5, 57, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 72, 4; 3, 25, 4: rei gerendae facultatem,id. ib. 1, 28, 2; 3, 97, 1: omnem rei frumentariae spem,id. ib. 1, 73, 1: condiciones pacis,id. ib. 1, 26, 2: principatum,id. B. G. 6, 12, 6: tempus,id. ib. 2, 21 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89: suum jus (opp. retinere),id. Balb. 13, 31: vim suam,id. Fam. 9, 12: libertatem; id. Planc. 34 fin.: amicitias,id. Lael. 21: commemorationem nominis nostri,id. Arch. 11 fin.: quaestionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: curam,id. Att. 14, 11; Tac. Or. 3: praeterita, instantia, futura pari oblivione,id. H. 3, 36: matrimonia,Suet. Calig. 25: fugam,Verg. A. 11, 706: coeptum iter,Ov. M. 2, 598: cursus,id. ib. 11, 446 et saep.: tantam fortunam ex manibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 37 fin.: studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere, i. q. condonare,to sacrifice to the good of the state,id. B. C. 3, 69, 3; cf.: tributa alicui,i. e. to remit,Tac. H. 3, 55: laudibus nomen alicujus in longum aevum,to transmit,Luc. 1, 448: dimissum quod nescitur, non amittitur,is foregone, not lost,Pub. Syr. 138 (Rib.).
* With particular reference to the prep., to send different ways, to send apart, i. e.
* To send out or forth in different directions, to send about (class.).
* With particular reference to the verb, to send away either an individual or a body; to let go, discharge, dismiss, release.
* To separate a multitude, to break up, dissolve; and subjectively, to dismiss (from one's self), to discharge, disband: senatu dimisso,Cic. Lael. 3, 12: senatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65: concilium,id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Vatin. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 31; id. B. C. 1, 32, 4 et saep.; cf. conventum,Sall. C. 21 fin.: exercitum (a standing military t. t.; cf. Vell. 2, 52, 4), Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 6; 1, 9, 5 et saep.: plures manus (with diducere, and opp. continere manipulos ad signa),Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 5: delectum,Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 15: convivium,to break up,Liv. 36, 29; Tac. A. 15, 30 et saep.
* Lit.: aliquem ab se et amandare in ultimas terras,Cic. Sull. 20, 57; so, aliquem ab se,id. Fam. 13, 63; Nep. Att. 4, 2: discedentem aliquem non sine magno dolore,id. ib. 12, 18fin.: aliquos aequos placatosque,id. Or. 10, 34; so, aliquem incolumem,Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 4; 1, 23, 3: ex custodia,Liv. 23, 2, 14: e carcere,Just. 21, 1, 5: impunitum,Sall. C. 51, 5: saucium ac fugatum,Nep. Hann. 4: neminem nisi victum,id. ib. 3 et saep.; cf.: aliquem ludos pessumos, i. e. pessime ludificatum,Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 12: uxorem,i. e. to put her away, repudiate her,Suet. Aug. 63 al.: Cossutia dimissa, quae desponsata fuerat, etc.,id. Caes. 1: sponsam intactam,id. Aug. 62: cf. also: aliquam e matrimonio,Suet. Tib. 49; v. also under no. B.: creditorem,i. e. to pay him,Dig. 31, 72: debitorem,i. e. to forgive him the debt,ib. 50, 9, 4: equos, in order to fight on foot,Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Verg. A. 10, 366; but also in order to flee,Caes. B. C. 3, 69 fin.: hostem ex manibus,id. ib. 1, 64, 2; 3, 49, 2; cf. also: Demosthenem (i. e. his orations) e manibus,to put out of one's hands, to lay down,Cic. Or. 30; cf.: istos sine ulla contumelia dimittamus,id. de Or. 3, 17, 64: milites, in oppidum,Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2: a turpissima suspicione,to free, relieve,Petr. 13, 4.—Absol.: dimittam, ut te velle video,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 106; Cic. de Or. 1, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 86 al.
* Transf., of inanimate objects: eum locum, quem ceperant,to abandon, desert,Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4: Italiam,id. ib. 1, 25, 4: ripas,id. B. G. 5, 18 fin.: complura oppida,Hirt. B. G. 8, 5: provinciam,Liv. 40, 43: captam Trojam,Ov. M. 13, 226 et saep.: fortunas morte,Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf. patrimonium,id. Caecin. 26 fin.: speratam praedam ex manibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 1: signa ex metu,id. B. C. 3, 69 fin.; cf. arma,Sen. Ep. 66 fin.; Luc. 3, 367 et saep.— Esp.: dimissis manibus, with hands relaxed, i. e. in all haste: ibi odos dimissis manibus in caelum volat,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; cf.: dimissis pedibus,id. ib. v. 54: dimissis manibus fugere domum,id. Ep. 3, 1, 16.
* Trop., to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake: ista philosophia, quae nunc prope dimissa revocatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: rem saepius frustra tentatam,Caes. B. C. 1, 26 fin.: exploratam victoriam,id. B. G. 7, 52, 2: oppugnationem,id. ib. 7, 17, 4; id. B. C. 3, 73, 1: occasionem rei bene gerendae,id. B. G. 5, 57, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 72, 4; 3, 25, 4: rei gerendae facultatem,id. ib. 1, 28, 2; 3, 97, 1: omnem rei frumentariae spem,id. ib. 1, 73, 1: condiciones pacis,id. ib. 1, 26, 2: principatum,id. B. G. 6, 12, 6: tempus,id. ib. 2, 21 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89: suum jus (opp. retinere),id. Balb. 13, 31: vim suam,id. Fam. 9, 12: libertatem; id. Planc. 34 fin.: amicitias,id. Lael. 21: commemorationem nominis nostri,id. Arch. 11 fin.: quaestionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: curam,id. Att. 14, 11; Tac. Or. 3: praeterita, instantia, futura pari oblivione,id. H. 3, 36: matrimonia,Suet. Calig. 25: fugam,Verg. A. 11, 706: coeptum iter,Ov. M. 2, 598: cursus,id. ib. 11, 446 et saep.: tantam fortunam ex manibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 37 fin.: studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere, i. q. condonare,to sacrifice to the good of the state,id. B. C. 3, 69, 3; cf.: tributa alicui,i. e. to remit,Tac. H. 3, 55: laudibus nomen alicujus in longum aevum,to transmit,Luc. 1, 448: dimissum quod nescitur, non amittitur,is foregone, not lost,Pub. Syr. 138 (Rib.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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