(verb) : ē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3
* To send out, send forth, to let out, let go (freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: quibuscum tamquam e carceribus emissus sis,Cic. Lael. 27, 101; cf.: aperiam carceres et equos emittere incipiam,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 1: ex porta ludis cum emissu'st lepus,Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 31: aliquem e carcere,Cic. Planc. 12 fin.: aliquem ex vinculis,Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 48; Cic. Tusc. 1, 31: aliquem e custodia,id. ib. 1, 49, 118 (cf. Nep. Cim. 1).—As milit. t. t., to send out against the enemy: essedarios ex silvis,Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 2; cf.: equitibus emissis,id. ib. 5, 26, 3: Caesar omnibus portis eruptione facta equitatuque emisso hostes in fugam dat,id. ib. 5, 51, 5; 5, 58, 4 et saep.: aliquem de carcere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9; cf.: Licinium fugere conantem de manibus,id. Cael. 28; Liv. 21, 48; for which: Hannibalem e manibus,id. 22, 3; and merely manibus,id. 44, 36: aliquem noctu per vallum,Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 4: aliquem pabulatum,id. ib. 1, 81, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 76, 1: aliquem sub jugum,Liv. 9, 6 fin. et saep.: ut abs te non emissus ex urbe, sed immissus in urbem esse videatur,sent out, turned out,Cic. Cat. 1, 11; cf. id. Rep. 4, 5 fin.: scutum manu,to throw away, throw aside,Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 4: pila,to throw, hurl, cast, discharge,id. ib. 2, 23, 1; Liv. 9, 13; 32, 17 et saep.; cf.: hastam in fines eorum,Liv. 1, 32: aquam ex lacu Albano,to let off,id. 5, 15; cf.: aquam impetu,Suet. Claud. 32: lacus Velinus, a Curio emissus,Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5; Suet. Caes. 44: flumen per prona montis,Curt. 7, 11: sanguinem de aure,to let,Col. 6, 14, 3; cf.: sanguinem venis,Plin. 25, 5, 23, § 56: ova,to lay,id. 11, 24, 29, § 85: folia,to put forth, produce,id. 18, 20, 49, § 182; cf. transf.: ulmi emittuntur in ramos,id. 17, 12, 18, § 90: librum de arte aleam ludendi,to put forth, publish,Suet. Claud. 33; cf.: aliquid dignum nostro nomine emittere,Cic. Fam. 7, 33: fulmina,id. Div. 2, 19 fin.: sonitum ex alto,Lucr. 4, 694; cf.: vocem caelo,Liv. 5, 51: sonitum linguae,Lucr. 5, 1044: vocem,to utter,id. 4, 548; 5, 1088; Liv. 1, 54 et saep.: flatum crepitumque ventris,Suet. Claud. 32 fin.: animam, to expire, Nep. Epam. 9, 3: spiritum,Vulg. Matt. 27, 50: si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,has broken forth, burst forth,Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44.
* Trop., to let forth, let go, send out: manibus manifesta suis emittere quoquam,to let slip from our hands that which is evident,Lucr. 4, 504; cf.: emissa de manibus res est,Liv. 37, 12: cum illud facetum dictum emissum haerere debeat (a fig. borrowed from missive weapons),Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219; cf.: et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71: argumenta,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214; and: maledictum,id. Planc. 23 fin.

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