omitto

Latin

Alternative forms

• obmittō

Etymology

For *ommittō, from ob- +‎ mittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈmit.toː/, [ɔˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈmit.to/, [oˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

omittō (present infinitive omittere, perfect active omīsī, supine omissum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose

   Synonym: obiectō

2. (transitive) to lay aside, give up, abandon, neglect or disregard

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

3. (transitive) to omit, leave out (in speech or writing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of omittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	omittō	omittis	omittit	omittimus	omittitis	omittunt
	imperfect	omittēbam	omittēbās	omittēbat	omittēbāmus	omittēbātis	omittēbant
	future	omittam	omittēs	omittet	omittēmus	omittētis	omittent
	perfect	omīsī	omīsistī	omīsit	omīsimus	omīsistis	omīsērunt, omīsēre
	pluperfect	omīseram	omīserās	omīserat	omīserāmus	omīserātis	omīserant
	future perfect	omīserō	omīseris	omīserit	omīserimus	omīseritis	omīserint
passive	present	omittor	omitteris, omittere	omittitur	omittimur	omittiminī	omittuntur
	imperfect	omittēbar	omittēbāris, omittēbāre	omittēbātur	omittēbāmur	omittēbāminī	omittēbantur
	future	omittar	omittēris, omittēre	omittētur	omittēmur	omittēminī	omittentur
	perfect	omissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	omissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	omissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	omittam	omittās	omittat	omittāmus	omittātis	omittant
	imperfect	omitterem	omitterēs	omitteret	omitterēmus	omitterētis	omitterent
	perfect	omīserim	omīserīs	omīserit	omīserīmus	omīserītis	omīserint
	pluperfect	omīsissem	omīsissēs	omīsisset	omīsissēmus	omīsissētis	omīsissent
passive	present	omittar	omittāris, omittāre	omittātur	omittāmur	omittāminī	omittantur
	imperfect	omitterer	omitterēris, omitterēre	omitterētur	omitterēmur	omitterēminī	omitterentur
	perfect	omissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	omissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	omitte	—	—	omittite	—
	future	—	omittitō	omittitō	—	omittitōte	omittuntō
passive	present	—	omittere	—	—	omittiminī	—
	future	—	omittitor	omittitor	—	—	omittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		omittere	omīsisse	omissūrum esse	omittī	omissum esse	omissum īrī
participles		omittēns	—	omissūrus	—	omissus	omittendus, omittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		omittendī	omittendō	omittendum	omittendō	omissum	omissū

Derived terms

• omissiō

Descendants

• Catalan: ometre
• English: omit
• French: omettre
• Galician: omitir
• Italian: omettere
• Middle English: omitten, omisen
• Middle French: omettre
• Portuguese: omitir
• Romanian: omite
• Spanish: omitir

References

• “omitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “omitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• omitto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• omitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lose, let slip an opportunity: occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference)
    
  • to banish one's fears: abicere, omittere timorem
    
  • I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: omitto dicere
    
  • putting aside, except: ut omittam c. Accus.
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN