ē-mitto — Lewis & Short
ē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.,
I to send out, send forth, to let out, let go (freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
quibuscum tamquam e carceribus emissus sis,Cic. Lael. 27, 101; cf.:
aperiam carceres et equos emittere incipiam,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 1:
ex porta ludis cum emissu'st lepus,Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 31:
aliquem e carcere,Cic. Planc. 12 fin.:
aliquem ex vinculis,Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 48; Cic. Tusc. 1, 31:
aliquem e custodia,id. ib. 1, 49, 118 (cf. Nep. Cim. 1).—As milit. t. t., to send out against the enemy:
essedarios ex silvis,Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 2; cf.:
equitibus emissis,id. ib. 5, 26, 3:
Caesar omnibus portis eruptione facta equitatuque emisso hostes in fugam dat,id. ib. 5, 51, 5;
5, 58, 4 et saep.: aliquem de carcere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9; cf.:
Licinium fugere conantem de manibus,id. Cael. 28; Liv. 21, 48;
for which: Hannibalem e manibus,id. 22, 3;
and merely manibus,id. 44, 36:
aliquem noctu per vallum,Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 4:
aliquem pabulatum,id. ib. 1, 81, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 76, 1:
aliquem sub jugum,Liv. 9, 6 fin. et saep.:
ut abs te non emissus ex urbe, sed immissus in urbem esse videatur,sent out, turned out, Cic. Cat. 1, 11; cf. id. Rep. 4, 5 fin.:
scutum manu,to throw away, throw aside, Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 4:
pila,to throw, hurl, cast, discharge, id. ib. 2, 23, 1; Liv. 9, 13; 32, 17 et saep.; cf.:
hastam in fines eorum,Liv. 1, 32:
aquam ex lacu Albano,to let off, id. 5, 15; cf.:
aquam impetu,Suet. Claud. 32:
lacus Velinus, a Curio emissus,Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5; Suet. Caes. 44:
flumen per prona montis,Curt. 7, 11:
sanguinem de aure,to let, Col. 6, 14, 3; cf.:
sanguinem venis,Plin. 25, 5, 23, § 56:
ova,to lay, id. 11, 24, 29, § 85:
folia,to put forth, produce, id. 18, 20, 49, § 182; cf.
transf.: ulmi emittuntur in ramos,id. 17, 12, 18, § 90:
librum de arte aleam ludendi,to put forth, publish, Suet. Claud. 33; cf.:
aliquid dignum nostro nomine emittere,Cic. Fam. 7, 33:
fulmina,id. Div. 2, 19 fin.:
sonitum ex alto,Lucr. 4, 694; cf.:
vocem caelo,Liv. 5, 51:
sonitum linguae,Lucr. 5, 1044:
vocem,to utter, id. 4, 548; 5, 1088; Liv. 1, 54 et saep.:
flatum crepitumque ventris,Suet. Claud. 32 fin.: animam, to expire, Nep. Epam. 9, 3:
spiritum,Vulg. Matt. 27, 50:
si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,has broken forth, burst forth, Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44.—
B In partic.: manu emittere aliquem for the usu. manu mittere aliquem, to release a person from one's potestas, to set free, emancipate (anteclass. and since the Aug. per.), Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 55; id. Men. 5, 8, 52; id. Rud. 4, 6, 14 et saep.; Ter. Ph. 5, 5, 2; Liv. 24, 18, 12; Suet. Vit. 6; Tac. A. 15, 19; Macr. S. 1, 11;
so without manu,Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 37; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 19; cf.
of a debtor: libra et aere liberatum emittit,Liv. 6, 14, 5.
II Trop., to let forth, let go, send out:
manibus manifesta suis emittere quoquam,to let slip from our hands that which is evident, Lucr. 4, 504; cf.:
emissa de manibus res est,Liv. 37, 12:
cum illud facetum dictum emissum haerere debeat (a fig. borrowed from missive weapons),Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219; cf.:
et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71:
argumenta,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 214; and:
maledictum,id. Planc. 23 fin.