(verb) : mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic
* Inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion, to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.
* 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?will you let me go in?id. Truc. 4, 2, 43: cutem,to let go, quit,Hor. A. P. 476: mitte me,let me alone,Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5: nos missos face,id. And. 5, 1, 14: missum fieri,to be let loose, set at liberty,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.
* 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.
* 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.
* = πέμπειν, 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.

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