“let” in Latin

To occasion, or suffer to happen, (a) generally, facere (followed by a subjunctive with or without ut; only in the poets and Silver Age with an accusative and infinitive): dare alicui (to grant to anyone, especially of the gods, διδόναι: followed by an accusative and infinitive, or, after the Greek manner, by a dative and infinitive). Liv., the honey boil up three times, mel ter inferveat facito: let me appear just and holy, da mihi justum sanctumque (or, according to the other reading, justo sanctoque) videri (Hor., Ep. 1, 16, 61): (b) in thought, i. q., to put or suppose a case, facere, fingere (in classical prose followed by an accusative and infinitive.); e.g., lest the soul not exist after death, fac animos non remanere post mortem: lest a man be just turning philosopher, not yet have become one, finge aliquem nunc fieri sapientem, nondum esse: (c) by charge, command, etc., jubere (followed by an accusative and infinitive: κελεύειν: Vid: COMMAND); curare (followed by a participle of the future passive; to take care that anything is done); alicui negotium dare ut, etc. (to give to anyone charge to accomplish anything): to let a letter be forwarded to anyone, litteras ad aliquem perferendas curare. The English term let us, as a request, is expressed by the first person plur. of the subjunctive; e.g., let us go, eamus: let us briefly explain, breviter explicemus. ☞ It would not be Latin to prefix age, agite, when a speaker himself gives the explanation.) To this belongs also to let when used elliptically, and i. q., (a) to cause that anything go forth; e.g., to let blood, sanguinem mittere. (b) to let be, let alone, give up, missum facere; mittere; omittere; auferre; relinquere; e.g., let those things alone! missa istaec fac! mitte, omitte haec! letyour grief go! omitte tristitiam tuam! let your anger go! iram fac missam; noli irae indulgere! let your trifles go! aufer ridicularia (comedy)! (c) to cause a person or thing to remain any where, relinquere aliquem, aliquid.

Not to hinder, to allow, permit, sinere (regularly followed by a subjunctive with or without ut; not to hinder): pati (with accusative and infinitive, to suffer, not to forbid): concedere (with accusative and infinitive, to permit, allow; then also i. q., to concede, grant, in which sense sinere perhaps does not occur; the passage in Cic., Tusc., 5, 37, 107, is corrupt; Vid: Orelli): permittere alicui (to permit, allow any one; followed by ut or an infinitive). To let anyone go, sinere abeat (not to hinder his departure; different from aliquem dimittere, i. e., to cause anyone to go away, to dismiss him): let me come to you, me patiaris ad te venire (suffer that I, etc.; different from me ad te arcesse, voca; i. e., call me to you): only let the master come! sine herus adveniat (comedy). The English turm to let one’s self is to be rendered in Latin, (a) by the passive of the accompanying verb, when it represents the subject as suffering, so far as this depends on his will; e.g., to let one’s self be carried off: rapi: patiently to let one’s self be blamed, patientius reprehendi; Vid: Ramsh., § 162, 2, Not. 2. (b) or by the passive of the accompanying verb, or by posse followed by an infinitive present passive of the accompanying verb, when it denotes possibility, feasibility; e.g., to let one’s self be moved (i. e., to be able to be moved), moveri posse: let not yourself, cave (foil by a subjunctive, with or without ne; e.g., let not yourself desire or wish, cave ne cupias: let not yourself be persuaded, cave, ne tibi ille persuadeat. To this belongs also to let when used elliptically in various relations, as, (a) To LET OUT, etc. (i. e., to suffer to go out, etc.), aliquem exire pati ex loco; aliquem emittere ex loco: not to let out, etc., aliquem ex loco exire, egredi prohibere: figuratively, to let out, i. e., to divulge, evulgare (to make public); enunciare (to tell what ought to be kept secret): not to let out anything, or the report of anything, alicujus rei famam comprimere, supprimere. (b) To LET THROUGH, admittere per, etc. (e.g., per fenestram). (c) To LET IN, admittere in, etc.; aliquem inire locum pati; intromittere; recipere; excipere (to receive, entertain); infundere, ingerere (to suffer to flow in); immittere, demittere (to sink in, as a beam, etc.) not to let in (e.g., into a town), aliquem introitu prohibere; alicui introitum praecludere: not to let into the house, aliquem janua prohibere; aliquem excludere. (d) To LET (GO) OVER, admittere aliquem ad aliquid (e.g., aliquem ad capsas suas). (e) To LET ALONE, sinere aliquem (e.g., let me alone!) sine me, or simply sine (in conversation, comedy); also omitte me (let me go).

To put to hire, locare; elocare.