What does praetermittō mean in Latin?

praetermittō, a verb, means “to allow or permit to pass; to omit or neglect; to overlook”.

What are the principal parts of praetermittō?

praetermittō, praetermittere, praetermīsī, praetermissum (third conjugation).

How do you pronounce praetermittō?

In classical Latin, [prae̯.tɛrˈmɪt.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pre.terˈmit.to].

praetermittō, praetermittere, praetermīsī, praetermissum — meaning & conjugation

Meaning

to allow or permit to pass
to omit or neglect
to overlook

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

praetereō, nōn faciō

let pass, omit

praetermittō -ere — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 17

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	praetermittō	praetermittēbam	praetermittam	praetermīsī	praetermīseram	praetermīserō
2nd sg.	praetermittis	praetermittēbās	praetermittēs	praetermīsistī	praetermīserās	praetermīseris
3rd sg.	praetermittit	praetermittēbat	praetermittet	praetermīsit	praetermīserat	praetermīserit
1st pl.	praetermittimus	praetermittēbāmus	praetermittēmus	praetermīsimus	praetermīserāmus	praetermīserimus
2nd pl.	praetermittitis	praetermittēbātis	praetermittētis	praetermīsistis	praetermīserātis	praetermīseritis
3rd pl.	praetermittunt	praetermittēbant	praetermittent	praetermīsērunt praetermīsēre	praetermīserant	praetermīserint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	praetermittam	praetermitterem	praetermīserim	praetermīsissem
2nd sg.	praetermittās	praetermitterēs	praetermīserīs	praetermīsissēs
3rd sg.	praetermittat	praetermitteret	praetermīserit	praetermīsisset
1st pl.	praetermittāmus	praetermitterēmus	praetermīserīmus	praetermīsissēmus
2nd pl.	praetermittātis	praetermitterētis	praetermīserītis	praetermīsissētis
3rd pl.	praetermittant	praetermitterent	praetermīserint	praetermīsissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	praetermittor	praetermittēbar	praetermittar
2nd sg.	praetermitteris praetermittere	praetermittēbāris praetermittēbāre	praetermittēris praetermittēre
3rd sg.	praetermittitur	praetermittēbātur	praetermittētur
1st pl.	praetermittimur	praetermittēbāmur	praetermittēmur
2nd pl.	praetermittiminī	praetermittēbāminī	praetermittēminī
3rd pl.	praetermittuntur	praetermittēbantur	praetermittentur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	praetermittar	praetermitterer
2nd sg.	praetermittāris praetermittāre	praetermitterēris praetermitterēre
3rd sg.	praetermittātur	praetermitterētur
1st pl.	praetermittāmur	praetermitterēmur
2nd pl.	praetermittāminī	praetermitterēminī
3rd pl.	praetermittantur	praetermitterentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	praetermitte	praetermittere
pres. 2nd pl.	praetermittite	praetermittiminī
fut. 2nd sg.	praetermittitō	praetermittitor
fut. 3rd sg.	praetermittitō	praetermittitor
fut. 2nd pl.	praetermittitōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	praetermittuntō	praetermittuntor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	praetermittere	praetermittī
perfect infinitive	praetermīsisse	praetermissum esse
future infinitive	praetermissūrum esse	praetermissum īrī
present participle	praetermittēns	—
perfect participle	—	praetermissus praetermissa, praetermissā, praetermissae, praetermissam, praetermissārum, praetermissās, praetermisse, praetermissī, praetermissīs, praetermissō, praetermissōrum, praetermissōs
future participle	praetermissūrus praetermissūra, praetermissūrā, praetermissūrae, praetermissūram, praetermissūrārum, praetermissūrās, praetermissūre, praetermissūrī, praetermissūrīs, praetermissūrō, praetermissūrōrum, praetermissūrōs, praetermissūrum	praetermittendus praetermittundus, praetermittenda, praetermittendā, praetermittendae, praetermittendam, praetermittendārum, praetermittendās, praetermittende, praetermittendīs, praetermittendōrum, praetermittendōs

gerundpraetermittendī, praetermittendō, praetermittendumsupinepraetermissum, praetermissū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ut praetermittam c. Acc. c. Inf.: to except the fact that...
occasionem praetermittere, amittere (through carelessness), omittere (deliberately), dimittere (through indifference): to lose, let slip an opportunity.

praeter-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

I. To allow or permit to go by, to let pass (class.; syn.: omitto, neglego).

A. In gen.: nullum diem, Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2: nullam occasionem profectionis, Auct. B. Afr. 1: neminem, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1.—

B. In partic.

1. To omit, neglect, leave undone: nullum officium, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 1: voluptates, id. N. D. 3, 15, 38: scelus, id. Att. 9, 11, 4: praetermittendae defensionis plures solent esse causae, id. Off. 1, 9, 28.—With inf.: reliqua quaerere praetermittit, Caes. B. C. 2, 39: quod facere nullum diem praetermittebat, Nep. Cim. 4, 3. —

2. In reading or writing, to pass over, leave out, make no mention of, omit: quod verba sint praetermissa, Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111: si quid aut praetermissum aut relictum sit, id. ib. 2, 29, 126; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Cat. 3, 8, 18: officii praetermissi reprehensio, id. Att. 11, 7, 3: nihil videmur debere praetermittere, quod, etc., Nep. Epam. 1, 3: quod dignum memoriā visum, praetermittendum non existimavimus, Caes. B. G. 7, 25; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1; id. Att. 6, 3, 9. —

3. To pass by, overlook, wink at: do, praetermitto, overlook, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 26: praetermittere et humanis concedere rebus, Lucr. 4, 1191 (by Lachm. written separately).—*

II. To let over, carry over, transmit, transport: an facili te praetermiserit unda Lucani rabida ora maris? Stat. S. 3, 2, 84.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mitto Latin praetermittō From praeter- + mitto.

Descendants

Englishpretermit
Italianpretermettere

In English words that came into English from praetermittō

pretermitpraetermittō