Latin

Verb

permittō ‎(present infinitive permittere, perfect active permīsī, supine permissum); third conjugation

1. I let go, let loose; cast, hurl, throw; send away, export.
2. (figuratively) I give up, leave, entrust, surrender.
3. (figuratively, with dative) I give leave, allow, suffer, grant, permit, let.

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References

• permitto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• permitto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “permitto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slacken the reins: habenas permittere
    
  • to give a horse the reins: admittere, permittere equum
    
  • to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: arbitrio alicuius omnia permittere
    
  • to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: omnium rerum arbitrium alicui permittere
    
  • to put oneself under some one's protection: se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem
    
  • to leave a matter to be decided by popular vote: multitudinis suffragiis rem permittere
    
  • to give some one unlimited power in state affairs: rem publicam alicui permittere
    
  • to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia permittere victoris potestati
    
  • to surrender oneself to the discretion of some one: se permittere in fidem atque in potestatem alicuius (B. G. 2. 3)
    
  • to make one's submission to some one: in alicuius potestatem se permittere