What is the Latin word for admit?

The usual Latin words for “admit” are intrōmittō, admittō, recipiō; also excipiō, īnfundō, concēdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“admit” in Latin

intrōmittōto send or let in or into; to admit; to introduce admittōto let in, admit; to perpetrate, commit recipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admit excipiōto take out, extract, pull out; to except, exempt from, exclude; to rescue, release īnfundōto pour in, into, on, upon, or down upon, forth, infuse concēdōto depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away; to disappear or vanish; to relinquish, concede, relent, subside largiorto grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart; to lavish or bestow; to give bribes fateorto confess, admit; to acknowledge, own; to show, indicate cōnfiteorto confess, admit; to acknowledge, agree; to reveal, show

The English word admit itself goes back to Latin mittō, through admittō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

admit

intromittere, admittere: recipere, excipere (to receive): sometimes infundere (to allow to flow in; e.g., homines humiliores in alienum genus, Cic.: agmina in Graeciam, Curt.). To admit the enemy into the town, hosti patefacere urbem; hostem in urbem accipere. Not to admit anybody, aliquem introitu prohibere, alicui introitum praecludere (general term, to prevent from entering). Vid: “refuse admission,” under ADMISSION. To admit anybody, alicui aditum dare, aliquem admittere (general term): alicui aditum conveniendi dare; alicui copiam sui dare (to grant an audience). Persons of the lowest rank are admitted to him, nemo tam humilis est, cui non aditus ad eum pateat.

To concede, concedere: largiri (to concede graciously, without compulsion): fateor (opposed to celare, disclose anything): confiteor (confess in consequence of questions, menaces, compulsion): dare (to present an opponent with it as a preliminary concession). Do you admit that? etc, dasne? with accusative and infinitive. Who can hesitate to admit this? quis hoc non dederit?If you admit this, you must also admit the former, dato hoc, dandum erit illud. Admit this to be so, or to be the ease, tat sane; fac or demus ita esse.

Admit, admit of = ibe capable of receiving, suffering, etc., [Vid: SUFFER.] To admit of some excuse, habere aliquid excasationis. To admit of no delay, dilationem non pati; dilationem or cunctationem non recipere (both of things). This admits of no doubt, de hoc dubitari non potest.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for admit?: The usual Latin words for “admit” are intrōmittō, admittō, recipiō; also excipiō, īnfundō, concēdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.