Verb
prōmittō (present infinitive prōmittere, perfect active prōmīsī, supine prōmissum); third conjugation
- to send forth
- to promise
- Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, polliceor, stipulor, pangō
Conjugation
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References
- “promitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “promitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to grow one's hair, beard long: promittere crinem, barbam
- to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
- to promise to dine with a person: promittere ad aliquem
- (ambiguous) to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare