verbthird conjugation
committō
committō (present infinitive committere, perfect active commīsī, supine commissum)
Classical[kɔmˈmɪt.toː]Ecclesiastical[komˈmit.to]
№ 608 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to join together, unite, connect, put together
- to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime
- to begin
- to carry on
- to commence a battle, fight
- to give, entrust, commit to, give up or resign to, trust
PAMPHILUS: Servōne fortūnās meās mē commīsisse fūtilī? / Ergō pretium ob stultitiam ferō. Sed inultum numquam id auferet!
PAMPHILUS: Was it not [unwise] for me to have entrusted my fortunes to a worthless slave? Therefore, I’m paying the price for my own foolishness. But he will never get off unpunished!166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 609–610
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
incipiō et iungō; proelium vel lūdōs committere.committō -ere -mīsī — in Mille Verba, Circus Maximus
crēdō, mandōcommittō -ere, -mīsī — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 18
entrust; (proelium) join battlecommittō -ere, -mīsī — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
trādō, in manūs alterīus dōcommittō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 23
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Fidere · Confidere · Fidem habere · Credere · Committere · Permittere
1. Fidere (πείθειν) means to trust; confidere, to trust firmly, both with reference to strength and assistance; whereas fidem habere, to give credit, and credere, to place belief, namely, with reference to the good intentions of another. Liv. ii. 45. Consules magis non confidere quam non credere suis militibus; the former with reference to their valor, the latter with reference to their fidelity. 2. Fidere, etc., denote trust as a feeling; committere, permittere, as an action; the committens acts in good trust in the power and will of another, whereby he imposes upon him a moral responsibility; to intrust; the permittens acts to get rid of the business himself, whereby he imposes at most only a political or legal responsibility, as to leave (or, give up) to. Cic. Font. 14. Ita ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati. Verr. i. 32. v. 14. (v. 259.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | committō | committēbam | committam | commīsī | commīseram | commīserō |
| 2nd sg. | committis | committēbās | committēs | commīsistī | commīserās | commīseris |
| 3rd sg. | committit | committēbat | committet | commīsit | commīserat | commīserit |
| 1st pl. | committimus | committēbāmus | committēmus | commīsimus | commīserāmus | commīserimus |
| 2nd pl. | committitis | committēbātis | committētis | commīsistis | commīserātis | commīseritis |
| 3rd pl. | committunt | committēbant | committent | commīsērunt commīsēre | commīserant | commīserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | committam | committerem | commīserim | commīsissem |
| 2nd sg. | committās | committerēs | commīserīs | commīsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | committat | committeret | commīserit | commīsisset |
| 1st pl. | committāmus | committerēmus | commīserīmus | commīsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | committātis | committerētis | commīserītis | commīsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | committant | committerent | commīserint | commīsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | committor | committēbar | committar |
| 2nd sg. | committeris committere | committēbāris committēbāre | committēris committēre |
| 3rd sg. | committitur | committēbātur | committētur |
| 1st pl. | committimur | committēbāmur | committēmur |
| 2nd pl. | committiminī | committēbāminī | committēminī |
| 3rd pl. | committuntur | committēbantur | committentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | committar | committerer |
| 2nd sg. | committāris committāre | committerēris committerēre |
| 3rd sg. | committātur | committerētur |
| 1st pl. | committāmur | committerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | committāminī | committerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | committantur | committerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | committe | committere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | committite | committiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | committitō | committitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | committitō | committitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | committitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | committuntō | committuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | committere | committī |
| perfect infinitive | commīsisse | commissum esse |
| future infinitive | commissūrum esse | commissum īrī |
| present participle | committēns committente, committentem, committentēs, committentī, committentia, committentibus, committentis, committentīs, committentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | commissus commissa, commissā, commissae, commissam, commissārum, commissās, commisse, commissī, commissīs, commissō, commissōrum, commissōs |
| future participle | commissūrus commissūra, commissūrā, commissūrae, commissūram, commissūrārum, commissūrās, commissūre, commissūrī, commissūrīs, commissūrō, commissūrōrum, commissūrōs, commissūrum | committendus committundus |
gerundcommittendī, committendō, committendumsupinecommissum, commissū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- viae se committere
- to set out on a journey.
- proelium committere
- (1) to begin the battle, (2) to give battle.
- non committere, ut...
- to take care not to...
- fortunae se committere
- to trust to luck.
- scelus facere, committere
- to commit crime.
- facinus facere, committere
- to do a criminal deed.
- culpam committere, contrahere
- to commit some blameworthy action.
- se civilibus fluctibus committere
- to enter the whirlpool of political strife.
3 more phrases
- totum se committere, tradere alicui
- to put oneself entirely in some one's hands.
- committere aliquid alicui or alicuius fidei
- to entrust a thing to a person's good faith.
- signum proelii (committendi) exposcere (B. G. 7. 19)
- to demand loudly the signal to engage.
com-mitto (con-m-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I. Of two or more objects, to bring, join, combine into one whole; to join or put together, to connect, unite.
A. In gen. (rare; not in Cic.), constr. inter se, cum aliquā re, alicui, with in and acc., and with acc. only.
(a). Inter se:
res in ordinem digestae atque inter se commissae, Quint. 7, prooem. § 1: per nondum commissa inter se munimenta urbem intravit, Liv. 38, 4, 8; cf. thus with inter se: oras vulneris suturis, Cels. 7, 19: duo verba, Quint. 9, 4, 33: easdem litteras, id. ib.: duo comparativa, id. 9, 3, 19.—(b). With cum:
costae committuntur cum osse pectoris, Cels. 8, 1.—(g). With dat.:
viam a Placentiā ut Flaminiae committeret, Liv. 39, 2, 10: quā naris fronti committitur, is joined to, Ov. M. 12, 315: quā vir equo commissus erat, id. ib. 12, 478 (of a Centaur); cf. of Scylla: delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum, Verg. A. 3, 428: commissa dextera dextrae, Ov. H. 2, 31: medulla spinae commissa cerebro, Cels. 8, 1: moles, quae urbem continenti committeret, Curt. 4, 2, 16; Flor. 1, 4, 2 Duker.—(d). With in and acc.:
commissa in unum crura, Ov. M. 4, 580: committuntur suturae in unguem, Cels. 8, 1.—(ε) With acc. only: barbaricam pestem navibus obtulit, commissam infabre, Pac. ap. Non. p. 40, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 271 Rib.): commissis operibus, Liv. 38, 7, 10: fidibusque mei commissa mariti moenia, Ov. M. 6, 178: (terra) maria committeret, Curt. 3, 1, 13; 7, 7, 14: noctes duas, Ov. Am. 1, 13, 46; cf.: nocte commissā. Sen. Herc. Oet. 1698: commissa corpore toto, Ov. M. 4, 369; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 248, 25: cervix committitur primo artu, Val. Fl. 4, 310: domus plumbo commissa, patched, Juv. 14, 310.—B. In partic., to set or bring men or animals together in a contest or fight, as competitors, etc., to set together, set on (freq. in Suet.;
elsewhere rare): pugiles Latinos cum Graecis, Suet. Aug. 45: quingenis peditibus, elephantis vicenis, tricenis equitibus hinc et inde commissis, id. Caes. 39; id. Claud. 34: camelorum quadrigas, id. Ner. 11; Luc. 1, 97: victores committe, Mart. 8, 43, 3; cf. id. Spect. 28, 1: licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem Committas, i.e. you describe their contest in your poem, you bring them in contact with each other, Juv. 1, 162: eunucho Bromium committere noli, id. 6, 378: inter se omnes, Suet. Calig. 56: aequales inter se, id. Gram. 17.—b. Trop., to bring together for comparison, to compare, put together, match:
committit vates et comparat, inde Maronem, Atque aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum, Juv. 6, 436; cf. Prop. 2, 3, 21; Mart. 7, 24, 1.—2. Transf., of a battle, war: proelium, certamen, bellum, etc.
a. To arrange a battle or contest, to enter upon, engage in, begin, join, commence, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:
proelii committendi signum dare, Caes. B. G. 2, 21: cum proelium commissum audissent, id. ib. 7, 62: commisso ab equitibus proelio, id. B. C. 1, 40: in aciem exercitum eduxit proeliumque commisit, Nep. Eum. 3 fin.; id. Hann. 11, 3; id. Milt. 6, 3; Just. 2, 12, 7; 15, 4, 22; 22, 6, 6: postquam eo ventum est, ut a ferentariis proelium committi posset, Sall. C. 60, 2: commisso proelio, diutius nostrorum militum impetum hostes ferre non potuerunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 35; id. B. C. 1, 13; 2, 6 Kraner ad loc.: Caesar cohortatus suos proelium commisit, id. ib. 1, 25: utrum proelium committi ex usu esset, necne, id. ib. 1, 50; 1, 52; 2, 19; Nep. Milt. 5, 3: pridie quam Siciliensem pugnam classe committeret, Suet. Aug. 96: avidus committere pugnam, Sil. 8, 619: pugnas, Stat. Th. 6, 143: rixae committendae causā, Liv. 5, 25, 2: cum vates monere eum (regem) coepit, ne committeret, aut certe differret obsidionem, Curt. 9, 4, 27.—Of a drinking contest for a wager: a summo septenis cyathis committe hos ludos, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 19: nondum commisso spectaculo, Liv. 2, 36, 1: musicum agona, Suet. Ner. 23: aciem, Flor. 4, 2, 46: commissum (bellum) ac profligatum conficere, Liv. 21, 40, 11; 8, 25, 5; 31, 28, 1 al.; cf.: si quis trium temporum momenta consideret, primo commissum bellum, profligatum secundo, tertio vero confectum est, Flor. 2, 15, 2: committere Martem, Sil. 13, 155: quo die ludi committebantur, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6: ludos dedicationis, Suet. Claud. 21: ludos, Verg. A. 5, 113.—b. In gen., to maintain a contest, etc., to fight a battle, to hold, celebrate games, etc. (rare):
illam pugnam navalem... mediocri certamine commissam arbitraris? Cic. Mur. 15, 33: levia inde proelia per quatriduum commissa, Liv. 34, 37, 7: commisso modico certamine, id. 23, 44, 5.—(b). Absol. (post-Aug. and rare):
contra quem Sulla iterum commisit, Eutr. 5, 6; 9, 24; Dig. 9, 1, 1: priusquam committeretur, before the contest began, Suet. Vesp. 5.—3. In gen.: committere aliquid, to begin any course of action, to undertake, carry on, hold (rare):
tribuni sanguine commissa proscriptio, Vell. 2, 64 fin.: judicium inter sicarios committitur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11. —In part. perf.: egregie ad ultimum in audacter commisso perseveravit, Liv. 44, 4, 11; cf. id. ib. § 8; 44, 6, 14.—4. In partic., to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; to commit a crime (very freq. and class.).
(a). With acc.:
ut neque timeant, qui nihil commiserint, et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent, qui peccaverint, Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 30: commississe cavet quod mox mutare laboret, Hor. A. P. 168: ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti, Verri crimini daturus sum, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35: quantum flagitii, id. Brut. 61, 219: tantum facinus, id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65: virilis audaciae facinora, Sall. C. 25, 1: majus delictum, Caes. B. G. 7, 4: nil nefandum, Ov. M. 9, 626: nefarias res, Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2: scelus, id. Sull. 2, 6; Dig. 48, 9, 7: adulterium, Quint. 7, 2, 11; 7, 3, 1: incestum cum filio, id. 5, 10, 19: parricidium, id. 7, 2, 2: caedem, id. 7, 4, 43; 10, 1, 12; 5, 12, 3: sacrilegium, id. 7, 2, 18: fraudem, Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.—Aliquid adversus, in, erga: committere multa et in deos et in homines impie nefarieque, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6; cf.: in te, Verg. A. 1, 231: aliquid adversus populum Romanum, Liv. 42, 38, 3: aliquid erga te, Cic. Att. 3, 20, 3.—(b). Committere contra legem, in legem, lege, to offend, sin, commit an offence:
quasi committeret contra legem, Cic. Brut. 12, 48: in legem Juliam de adulteriis, Dig. 48, 5, 39; 48, 10, 13: adversus testamentum, ib. 34, 3, 8, § 2: ne lege censoriā committant, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16: lege de sicariis, Quint. 7, 1, 9. —(g). Absol.:
hoc si in posterum edixisses, minus esset nefarium... nemo enim committeret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 110.—(d). With ut, to be guilty or be in fault, so that, to give occasion or cause, that, to act so as that:
id me commissurum ut patiar fieri, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 78: non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 5: ego nolo quemquam civem committere, ut morte multandus sit: tu, etiam si commiserit, conservandum putas, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15: committere ut accusator nominere, id. Off. 2, 14, 50; so Liv. 25, 6, 17: non committam, ut tibi ipse insanire videar, Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3; 3, 7, 3; id. Att. 1, 6, 1; 1, 20, 3; id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; id. Off. 3, 2, 6; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1, Quint. 1, 10, 30; 5, 13, 27; Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37.—More rare in a like sense, (ε) With cur or quare: Caedicius negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret, Liv. 5, 46, 6: neque commissum a se, quare timeret, Caes. B. G. 1, 14.—(ζ) With inf.: non committunt scamna facere, Col. 2, 4, 3: infelix committit saepe repelli, Ov. M. 9, 632.—b. Poenam, multam, etc., jurid. t. t., to bring punishment upon one's self by an error or fault, to incur, make one's self liable to it:
poenam, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 30; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; and: committere in poenam edicti, Dig. 2, 2, 4: ut illam multam non commiserit, Cic. Clu. 37, 103; Dig. 35, 1, 6 pr.—(b). Committi, with a definite object, to be forfeited or confiscated, as a penalty:
hereditas Veneri Erycinae commissa, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 2, 14, § 36; so, commissae hypothecae, id. Fam. 13, 56, 2: commissa tibi fiducia, id. Fl. 21, 51: merces, Dig. 39, 4, 11, § 2: mancipium, ib. 39, 14, 6: praedia in publicum, ib. 3, 5, 12: hanc devotionem capitis esse commissam, incurred, Cic. Dom. 57, 145.—c. Also (mostly in jurid. Lat.) of laws, judicial regulations, promises, etc., that become binding in consequence of the fulfilment of a condition as the commission of a crime, etc.:
in civitatem obligatam sponsione commissa iratis omnibus diis, a promise the condition of which has been fulfilled, Liv. 9, 11, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: hanc ego devotionem capitis mei... convictam esse et commissam putabo, Cic. Dom. 57, 145: si alius committat edictum, transgresses, incurs its penalty, makes himself liable to, Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 11; cf.: commisso edicto ab alio filio, ib. lex 8, § 4: commisso per alium edicto, ib. lex 10, § 1 al.: statim atque commissa lex est, ib. 18, 3, 4, § 2: committetur stipulatio, ib. 24, 3, 56.II. To place a thing somewhere for preservation, protection, care, etc.; to give, intrust, commit to, to give up or resign to, to trust (syn.: commendo, trado, credo; very freq. and class.); constr. with aliquid (aliquem) alicui, in aliquid, or absol.
(a). Aliquid (aliquem, se) alicui:
honor non solum datus sed etiam creditus ac commissus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35: nec illi (Catoni) committendum illud negotium, sed inponendum putaverunt, id. Sest. 28, 60: qui capita vestra non dubitatis credere, cui calceandos nemo commisit pedes? Phaedr. 1, 14, 16: ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf. id. And. 1, 5, 61): ne quid committam tibi, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 21; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.: his salutem nostram, his fortunas, his liberos rectissime committi arbitramur, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; id. Att. 1, 13, 1; cf. id. ib. § 4: tibi rem magnam, id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; id. Mil. 25, 68: quia commissi sunt eis magistratus, id. Planc. 25, 61: summum imperium potestatemque omnium rerum alicui, Nep. Lys. 1 fin.: domino rem omnem, Hor. S. 2, 7, 67: caput tonsori, id. A. P. 301: ratem pelago, id. C. 1, 3, 11: sulcis semina (corresp. with spem credere terrae), Verg. G. 1, 223; cf.: committere semen sitienti solo, Col. 2, 8, 4: ulcus frigori, Cels. 6, 18, n. 2: aliquid litteris, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8; so, verba tabellis, Ov. M. 9, 587: vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae, Hor. C. 4, 9, 11 al.: committere se populo, senatui, publicis praesidiis et armis (corresp. with se tradere), Cic. Mil. 23, 61; so, se urbi, id. Att. 15, 11, 1: se theatro populoque Romano, id. Sest. 54, 116: se proelio, Liv. 4, 59, 2: se pugnae, id. 5, 32, 4: se publico, to venture into the streets, Suet. Ner. 26: se neque navigationi, neque viae, Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; cf. id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31: se timidius fortunae, id. Att. 9, 6, 4: civilibus fluctibus, Nep. Att. 6, 1 al.—Prov.: ovem lupo (Gr. καταλείπειν ὄϊν ἐν λύκοισι), Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16.—(b). Aliquid (aliquem, se) in aliquid (so esp. freq. in Liv.):
aliquid in alicujus fidem committere, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 34; cf. Liv. 30, 14, 4: se in id conclave, Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64: se in conspectum populi Romani, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf. Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2: se in senatum, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2; id. Ac. 2, 21, 68: summae fuisse dementiae dubiā spe impulsum certum in periculum se committere, id. Inv. 2, 8, 27: rem in casum ancipitis eventus, Liv. 4, 27, 6; cf.: duos filios in aleam ejus casus, id. 40, 21, 6: rem in aciem, id. 3, 2, 12; cf.: se in aciem, id. 7, 26, 11; 23, 11, 10; rempublicam in discrimen, id. 8, 32, 4; cf.: rerum summam in discrimen, id. 33, 7, 10. —(g). Simply alicui, or entirely absol.:
sanan' es, Quae isti committas? in trusting to him, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 55: ei commisi et credidi, Ter, Heaut. 5, 2, 13: haec cum scirem et cogitarem, commisi tamen, judices, Heio, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 16: universo populo neque ipse committit neque illi horum consiliorum auctores committi recte putant posse, id. Agr. 2, 8, 20: venti, quibus necessario committendum existimabat, Caes. B. C. 3, 25: sed quoniam non es veritus concredere nobis, accipe commissae munera laetitiae, intrusted, Prop. 1, 10, 12: instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt, quod deesse nobis putant, often hazard the most important advantage, Quint. 6, 4, 17: cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet, Cic. Mil. 26, 70.—With de: iste negat se de existimatione suā cuiquam nisi suis commissurum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 137. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: commissum, i, n. A. (Acc. to I. 3.) An undertaking, enterprise:
nec aliud restabat quam audacter commissum corrigere, Liv. 44, 4, 8: supererat nihil aliud in temere commisso, quam, etc., id. 44, 6, 14.—B. (Acc. to I. 4.) A transgression, offence, fault, crime:
sacrum, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: nisi aut quid commissi aut est causa jurgi, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 21: ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed quod, etc., Cic. Sull. 26, 72; cf. turpe, Hor. C. 3, 27, 39: commissi praemia, Ov. F. 4, 590.—In plur.: post mihi non simili poenā commissa luetis, offences, Verg. A. 1, 136; so, fateri, Stat. S. 5, 5, 5: improba, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 304.—2. Jurid. Lat., an incurring of fines, a confiscation or confiscated property, Suet. Calig. 41:
in commissum cadere, Dig. 39, 4, 16: causa commissi, ib. 39, 4, 16 al.; 19, 2, 61 fin.: aliquid pro commisso tenetur, Quint. Decl. 341.—C. (Acc. to II.) That which is intrusted, a secret, trust:
enuntiare commissa, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31: commissa celare, Nep. Epam. 3, 2; cf. Juv. 9, 93: commissa tacere, Hor. S. 1, 4, 84: prodere, id. ib. 1, 3, 95: retinent commissa fideliter aures, id. Ep. 1, 18, 70: commissum teges (corresp. with arcanum scrutaberis), id. ib. 1, 18, 38; cf. id. A. P. 200.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
com - mittō (conm-) mīsī, missus, ere.
I. I. To bring together, join, combine, put together, connect, unite: commissis operibus, L.: fidibusque commissa Moenia, O.: domus plumbo commissa, patched, In.: commissa inter se munimenta, L.: viam a Placentiā Flaminiae, L.: quā naris fronti committitur, is joined, O.: manum Teucris, to attack, V.: commissa in unum crura, O. — To bring together in fight, match, set together, set on: Aenean Rutulumque, make them fight, i. e. describe their contest, Iu.: eunucho Bromium, Iu.—To join, commit, enter on, fight, engage in, begin: proelii committendi signum dare, Cs.: proelium statim, N.: pugnam caestu, V.: ut proelium committi posset, S.: commisso proelio, when the fighting began, Cs.: cum equitatu proelium, Cs.: rixae committendae causā, L. — Of contests in the games: nondum commisso spectaculo, L.: quo die ludi committebantur: ludos, V.—Of a criminal trial: iudicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur.—To fight, carry on, wage: pugnam navalem: proelia per quatriduum, L. —
II. II. To deliver, intrust, consign, place, commit, yield, resign, trust, expose, abandon: me tuae fide (dat.), T.: suos alcui liberos, T.: honor creditus ac commissus: alcui calceandos pedes, Ph.: quibus tota commissa est res p.: quia commissi sunt eis magistratūs: imperium alicui, N.: caput tonsori, H.: sulcis semina, V.: verba tabellis, O.: se theatro: se pugnae, L.: pelago ratem, H.: se mortis periculo: se civilibus fluctibus, N.: tergum meum Tuam in fidem, T.: se in id conclave: rem in casum, L.: cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne, etc.: de existimatione suā alcui: ei commisi et credidi, T.: universo populo neque ipse committit neque, etc.: venti, quibus necessario committendum existimabat, Cs.— Prov.: ovem lupo commisti, T. — To practise, commit, perpetrate, do, be guilty of: qui nihil commiserint: quod mox mutare laboret, H.: facinus: delictum, Cs.: nil nefandum, O.: nefarias res: fraudem, H.: multa in deos impie: quidquid contra leges: aliquid adversus populum, L.: quasi committeret contra legem, offend: cum veri simile erit aliquem commississe.—With ut (rarely cur or quā re), to be in fault, give occasion, be guilty, incur (usu. with neg.): non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet, T.: civem committere, ut morte multandus sit, incur: committendum non putabat, ut dici posset, etc., that he ought not to incur the reproach, etc., Cs.: negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret, L.: neque commissum a se, quā re timeret, Cs.—Poet., with inf: infelix committit saepe repelli, incurs repulse, O. — To incur, become liable to: multam: devotionem capitis, incurred.—Hence, commissus, forfeited, confiscated (as a penalty): hereditas Veneri Erycinae commissa: civitas obligata sponsione commissā, a broken covenant, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincommittō
Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committō From con- + mittō (“to send”).
Descendants
- Catalancometre
- Frenchcommettre
- Italiancommettere
- Portuguesecometerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese cometer
- Romanianîncumeta
- Spanishcometer
- Englishcommitfrom Middle English committen
- Germancommittenfrom Middle English committen
- Friuliancometi
- unknowncomite