(v. a.P. a.) : ŏmitto, īsi, issum, 3, v. a.ob-mitto
* To let go, let loose, let fall.
* Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic.; cf.: amitto, dimitto): aliquam,Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 2; id. Stich. 2, 2, 11: mulierem,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 18: habenas,to let go,Tac. H. 1, 86: arma,to let fall,Liv. 21, 11: animam,to give up the ghost, to die,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 85.
* Trop. (class.).
* In gen., to lay aside, let go, give up, dismiss, neglect, disregard: omittere tristitiam,Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 3: iracundiam,id. ib. 4, 7, 36: noxiam,to leave unpunished,id. Eun. 5, 2, 14: apparatum,Liv. 37, 10: nec nostrae nobis utilitates omittendae sunt,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: omitte timorem,lay aside,id. Rep. 6, 10, 10: voluptates,id. Fin. 1, 10, 36: omnibus omissis his rebus,laying aside all those things,Caes. B. G. 7, 34: primam navigationem ne omiseris,do not neglect,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: teneo quam optabam occasionem neque omittam,id. Leg. 1, 2, 5: hostes,Just. 1, 8, 6: ducum officia,id. 11, 9, 8.
* In partic.
* To pass over, say nothing of, omit, in speaking (cf., relinquo, praetereo): ut omittam cetera quae sunt innumerabilia,Cic. Brut. 76, 266; cf.: ut alia omittam,id. Quint. 22, 70: omitto illa vetera, quod, etc.,id. Att. 8, 3, 3: innumerabiles viros,id. Rep 1, 1, 1: de reditu,id. Pis. 22, 51: de me,id. Rab. Post. 12, 34; Lact. 4, 24, 6.
* Of an action, to leave off, give over, cease doing any thing (syn. desino).—With inf.: iratus esse,Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 26. rogare, id. ib. 4, 4, 90: lugere. Cic. Brut. 76, 266: curare aliquid,id. Cael. 22, 54: mirari,Hor. C. 3, 29, 11.—Hence, ŏmissus, a, um, P. a., negligent, heedless, remiss (ante-class.): animo esse omisso, Ter, Heaut. 5, 2, 9.—Comp.: ab re Omissior,in respect of property,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44.

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