dī-mitto — Lewis & Short
dī-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I With particular reference to the prep., to send different ways, to send apart, i. e.,
A To send out or forth in different directions, to send about (class.).
(a) With acc.:
Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,Cic. Quint. 6, 2:
consules designatos circum provincias,Suet. Aug. 64:
litteras circum municipia,Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 1; cf.:
litteras circa praefectos,Liv. 42, 51:
litteras per omnes provincias,Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 4;
with which cf.: nuntios per agros,id. B. G. 6, 31, 2:
librum per totam Italiam,Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2:
edicta per provincias,Suet. Galb. 10:
certos per litora,Verg. A. 1, 577 et saep.:
nuntios tota civitate Aeduorum,Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:
nuntios in omnes partes,id. ib. 4, 19, 2; 4, 34, 5; cf. ib. 5, 49, 8; and poet.:
aciem (i. e. oculos) in omnes partes,Ov. M. 3, 381:
praefectos in finitimas civitates,Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 3; cf.:
Manlium Faesulas,Sall. C. 27 et saep.:
nuntios ad Centrones, etc.,Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; so with ad, id. ib. 6, 34, 8; id. B. C. 1, 52 fin. al.:
legatos quoquoversus,id. B. G. 3, 23, 2; 7, 4, 5; id. B. C. 1, 36, 2:
dimissos equites pabulandi causa,id. ib. 1, 80, 3; cf.
equitatum,id. B. G. 7, 71, 5:
omnem ab se equitatum,id. ib. § 1.—Trop.:
animum ignotas in artes,Ov. M. 8, 188, directs, applies (al. demittit).—
(b) Without object acc.:
dimisit circum omnes propinquas regiones,Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 6:
per provincias,Liv. 29, 37: ad amicos, Cic. Tull. Fragm. § 22; cf.:
in omnes partis,Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 1.—
B To separate a multitude, to break up, dissolve; and subjectively, to dismiss (from one's self), to discharge, disband:
senatu dimisso,Cic. Lael. 3, 12:
senatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65:
concilium,id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Vatin. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 31; id. B. C. 1, 32, 4 et saep.; cf.
conventum,Sall. C. 21 fin.: exercitum (a standing military t. t.; cf. Vell. 2, 52, 4), Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 6; 1, 9, 5 et saep.:
plures manus (with diducere, and opp. continere manipulos ad signa),Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 5:
delectum,Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 15:
convivium,to break up, Liv. 36, 29; Tac. A. 15, 30 et saep.
II With particular reference to the verb, to send away either an individual or a body; to let go, discharge, dismiss, release.
A Lit.:
aliquem ab se et amandare in ultimas terras,Cic. Sull. 20, 57; so,
aliquem ab se,id. Fam. 13, 63; Nep. Att. 4, 2:
discedentem aliquem non sine magno dolore,id. ib. 12, 18 fin.:
aliquos aequos placatosque,id. Or. 10, 34; so,
aliquem incolumem,Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 4; 1, 23, 3:
ex custodia,Liv. 23, 2, 14:
e carcere,Just. 21, 1, 5:
impunitum,Sall. C. 51, 5:
saucium ac fugatum,Nep. Hann. 4:
neminem nisi victum,id. ib. 3 et saep.; cf.:
aliquem ludos pessumos, i. e. pessime ludificatum,Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 12:
uxorem,i. e. to put her away, repudiate her, Suet. Aug. 63 al.:
Cossutia dimissa, quae desponsata fuerat, etc.,id. Caes. 1:
sponsam intactam,id. Aug. 62: cf.
also: aliquam e matrimonio,Suet. Tib. 49; v. also under no. B.:
creditorem,i. e. to pay him, Dig. 31, 72:
debitorem,i. e. to forgive him the debt, ib. 50, 9, 4:
equos, in order to fight on foot,Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Verg. A. 10, 366;
but also in order to flee,Caes. B. C. 3, 69 fin.:
hostem ex manibus,id. ib. 1, 64, 2; 3, 49, 2; cf.
also: Demosthenem (i. e. his orations) e manibus,to put out of one's hands, to lay down, Cic. Or. 30; cf.:
istos sine ulla contumelia dimittamus,id. de Or. 3, 17, 64:
milites, in oppidum,Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2:
a turpissima suspicione,to free, relieve, Petr. 13, 4.—Absol.:
dimittam, ut te velle video,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 106; Cic. de Or. 1, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 86 al. —
2 Transf., of inanimate objects:
eum locum, quem ceperant,to abandon, desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:
Italiam,id. ib. 1, 25, 4:
ripas,id. B. G. 5, 18 fin.:
complura oppida,Hirt. B. G. 8, 5:
provinciam,Liv. 40, 43:
captam Trojam,Ov. M. 13, 226 et saep.:
fortunas morte,Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.
patrimonium,id. Caecin. 26 fin.:
speratam praedam ex manibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 1:
signa ex metu,id. B. C. 3, 69 fin.; cf.
arma,Sen. Ep. 66 fin.; Luc. 3, 367 et saep.— Esp.: dimissis manibus, with hands relaxed, i. e. in all haste:
ibi odos dimissis manibus in caelum volat,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; cf.:
dimissis pedibus,id. ib. v. 54:
dimissis manibus fugere domum,id. Ep. 3, 1, 16.—
B Trop., to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake:
ista philosophia, quae nunc prope dimissa revocatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11:
rem saepius frustra tentatam,Caes. B. C. 1, 26 fin.:
exploratam victoriam,id. B. G. 7, 52, 2:
oppugnationem,id. ib. 7, 17, 4; id. B. C. 3, 73, 1:
occasionem rei bene gerendae,id. B. G. 5, 57, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 72, 4; 3, 25, 4:
rei gerendae facultatem,id. ib. 1, 28, 2;
3, 97, 1: omnem rei frumentariae spem,id. ib. 1, 73, 1:
condiciones pacis,id. ib. 1, 26, 2:
principatum,id. B. G. 6, 12, 6:
tempus,id. ib. 2, 21 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89:
suum jus (opp. retinere),id. Balb. 13, 31:
vim suam,id. Fam. 9, 12: libertatem; id. Planc. 34 fin.:
amicitias,id. Lael. 21:
commemorationem nominis nostri,id. Arch. 11 fin.:
quaestionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30:
curam,id. Att. 14, 11; Tac. Or. 3:
praeterita, instantia, futura pari oblivione,id. H. 3, 36:
matrimonia,Suet. Calig. 25:
fugam,Verg. A. 11, 706:
coeptum iter,Ov. M. 2, 598:
cursus,id. ib. 11, 446 et saep.:
tantam fortunam ex manibus,Caes. B. G. 6, 37 fin.:
studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere, i. q. condonare,to sacrifice to the good of the state, id. B. C. 3, 69, 3; cf.:
tributa alicui,i. e. to remit, Tac. H. 3, 55:
laudibus nomen alicujus in longum aevum,to transmit, Luc. 1, 448:
dimissum quod nescitur, non amittitur,is foregone, not lost, Pub. Syr. 138 (Rib.).