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|lshtext=<b>prō-mitto</b>: mīsi, [[missum]], 3 (sync. forms:<br /><b>I</b> promisti for promisisti, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3: promisse for promisisse, id. 110, 5: promissem, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. [[pass]]. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[let]] go [[forward]], to [[send]] or [[put]] [[forth]], to [[let]] [[hang]] [[down]], [[let]] [[grow]], etc. ([[rare]]; not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt, [[suffer]] to [[grow]] [[longer]], Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to [[grow]]: nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit, Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the [[hair]], the [[beard]], to [[let]] [[hang]] [[down]], [[let]] [[grow]]: [[satis]] [[constat]] multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse, Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.: pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.—Transf.: ([[Sonus]] lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu, is [[drawn]] [[out]], prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82; [[Gallia]] est [[longe]] et a nostris litoribus huc [[usque]] promissa, Mel. 1, 3;<br /> v. [[infra]], P. a.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[speech]].<br /> <b>A</b> To [[say]] [[beforehand]], to [[forebode]], [[foretell]], [[predict]], [[prophesy]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[praesertim]] cum, si mihi alterum [[utrum]] de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, [[quod]] evenit, exploratius possem promittere, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5: ut (di) primis minentur extis, [[bene]] promittant secundis, id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to [[forebode]], [[portend]]: pari in meliora [[praesagio]] in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant, Flor. 4, 7, 9: promittunt omina poenas, Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum [[fore]] (Servium) visa [[circa]] [[caput]] [[flamma]] promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to [[denote]] [[beforehand]]: [[stella]] ... vindemiae maturitatem promittens, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—<br /> <b>B</b> To [[promise]], [[hold]] [[out]], [[cause]] to [[expect]], [[give]] [[hope]] or [[promise]] of, [[assure]] ([[class]]. and freq.; syn.: [[polliceor]], [[spondeo]], [[recipio]]), constr. [[with]] acc., an [[object]]-[[clause]], or de: domum, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28: sestertia [[septem]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81: [[carmen]], id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7: [[auxilium]] alicui, id. M. 13, 325: opem, id. F 5, 247: salutem, Luc. 4, 235: ea quae [[tibi]] [[promitto]] ac [[recipio]], Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5: si [[Neptunus]] [[quod]] Theseo promiserat, non fecisset, id. Off. 1, 10, 32: dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit! id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.): [[promitto]], [[recipio]], [[spondeo]], C. Caesarem talem [[semper]] [[fore]] civem, [[qualis]] [[hodie]] [[sit]], Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.: [[promitto]], in meque [[recipio]] [[fore]] eum, etc., id. Fam. 13, 10, 3: quem inimicissimum futurum esse [[promitto]] et [[spondeo]], id. Mur. 41, 90: surrepturum pallam promisit [[tibi]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6: promisit [[Apollo]] Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram, Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.: si operam [[dare]] promittitis, Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum [[vanitas]] ebrietati eas resistere promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.: se [[remedium]] afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit, Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5: promittere oratorem, to [[give]] [[promise]] of [[becoming]], Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.: per ea scelera se parricidam, [[excite]] fears [[lest]] he [[become]], Quint. Decl. 1, 6: me Promisi ultorem, Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de: de alicujus voluntate promittere, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: de me [[tibi]] sic [[promitto]] [[atque]] [[confirmo]], me, etc., id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103: promittere damni infecti, i. e. to [[promise]] indemnification for, [[become]] [[answerable]] for the [[possible]] [[damage]], Cic. Top 4, 22.—<br /> <b>C</b> With ut and subj.: promiserat ut daret, Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' [[terra]] ipsa promittit (aquas), gives [[promise]] of, leads one to [[expect]] [[water]], Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45: debet [[extremitas]] (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat [[alia]] [[post]] se, to [[lead]] one to [[suppose]], to [[suggest]], id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[promise]] to [[come]], to [[engage]] one's [[self]] to [[meet]] [[any]] one, to [[dine]], [[sup]], etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16: ad fratrem, Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27: ad cenam mihi, Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so, [[tibi]] me promittere noli, to [[expect]] me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[promise]] [[something]] to a [[deity]], i. e. to [[vow]]: [[donum]] Jovi dicatum [[atque]] [[promissum]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184: nigras pecudes Diti, Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[offer]] as a [[price]] ([[post]]-Aug.): pro [[domo]] [[sestertium]] [[millies]] promittens, Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., [[hanging]] [[down]], [[long]]; of the [[hair]]: [[coma]], Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34: [[Britanni]] capillo sunt promisso, Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so, [[capillus]], Nep. Dat. 3, 1: [[barba]], Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4: [[barba]] omnibus promissa erat, id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap: boves palearibus amplis et [[paene]] ad genua promissis, Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the [[belly]]: sues ventre promisso, Col. 7, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a [[promise]] ([[very]] freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; cf. [[promissio]], [[pollicitatio]]), Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139: [[voto]] quodam et promisso teneri, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: [[constantia]] promissi, id. ib. 4, 17, 1: [[promissum]] absolvere, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1: facere, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95: exigere, id. ib. 3, 25, 94: ludere aliquem promisso inani, Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.: [[pacta]] et promissa servare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc., id. ib. 1, 10, 32: promissis manere, Verg. A. 2, 160: promissa firmare, Ov. M. 10, 430: [[multa]] fidem promissa levant, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: dic aliquid dignum promissis, id. S. 2, 3, 6: quo promissa (Ennii) cadant, i. e. the expectations [[which]] he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52: promissa [[dare]], to [[make]] promises, Cat. 63, 239; to [[fulfil]], Ov. M. 2, 51. | |lshtext=<b>prō-mitto</b>: mīsi, [[missum]], 3 (sync. forms:<br /><b>I</b> promisti for promisisti, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3: promisse for promisisse, id. 110, 5: promissem, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. [[pass]]. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[let]] go [[forward]], to [[send]] or [[put]] [[forth]], to [[let]] [[hang]] [[down]], [[let]] [[grow]], etc. ([[rare]]; not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt, [[suffer]] to [[grow]] [[longer]], Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to [[grow]]: nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit, Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the [[hair]], the [[beard]], to [[let]] [[hang]] [[down]], [[let]] [[grow]]: [[satis]] [[constat]] multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse, Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.: pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.—Transf.: ([[Sonus]] lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu, is [[drawn]] [[out]], prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82; [[Gallia]] est [[longe]] et a nostris litoribus huc [[usque]] promissa, Mel. 1, 3;<br /> v. [[infra]], P. a.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[speech]].<br /> <b>A</b> To [[say]] [[beforehand]], to [[forebode]], [[foretell]], [[predict]], [[prophesy]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[praesertim]] cum, si mihi alterum [[utrum]] de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, [[quod]] evenit, exploratius possem promittere, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5: ut (di) primis minentur extis, [[bene]] promittant secundis, id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to [[forebode]], [[portend]]: pari in meliora [[praesagio]] in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant, Flor. 4, 7, 9: promittunt omina poenas, Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum [[fore]] (Servium) visa [[circa]] [[caput]] [[flamma]] promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to [[denote]] [[beforehand]]: [[stella]] ... vindemiae maturitatem promittens, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—<br /> <b>B</b> To [[promise]], [[hold]] [[out]], [[cause]] to [[expect]], [[give]] [[hope]] or [[promise]] of, [[assure]] ([[class]]. and freq.; syn.: [[polliceor]], [[spondeo]], [[recipio]]), constr. [[with]] acc., an [[object]]-[[clause]], or de: domum, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28: sestertia [[septem]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81: [[carmen]], id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7: [[auxilium]] alicui, id. M. 13, 325: opem, id. F 5, 247: salutem, Luc. 4, 235: ea quae [[tibi]] [[promitto]] ac [[recipio]], Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5: si [[Neptunus]] [[quod]] Theseo promiserat, non fecisset, id. Off. 1, 10, 32: dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit! id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.): [[promitto]], [[recipio]], [[spondeo]], C. Caesarem talem [[semper]] [[fore]] civem, [[qualis]] [[hodie]] [[sit]], Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.: [[promitto]], in meque [[recipio]] [[fore]] eum, etc., id. Fam. 13, 10, 3: quem inimicissimum futurum esse [[promitto]] et [[spondeo]], id. Mur. 41, 90: surrepturum pallam promisit [[tibi]], Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6: promisit [[Apollo]] Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram, Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.: si operam [[dare]] promittitis, Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum [[vanitas]] ebrietati eas resistere promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.: se [[remedium]] afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit, Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5: promittere oratorem, to [[give]] [[promise]] of [[becoming]], Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.: per ea scelera se parricidam, [[excite]] fears [[lest]] he [[become]], Quint. Decl. 1, 6: me Promisi ultorem, Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de: de alicujus voluntate promittere, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: de me [[tibi]] sic [[promitto]] [[atque]] [[confirmo]], me, etc., id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103: promittere damni infecti, i. e. to [[promise]] indemnification for, [[become]] [[answerable]] for the [[possible]] [[damage]], Cic. Top 4, 22.—<br /> <b>C</b> With ut and subj.: promiserat ut daret, Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' [[terra]] ipsa promittit (aquas), gives [[promise]] of, leads one to [[expect]] [[water]], Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45: debet [[extremitas]] (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat [[alia]] [[post]] se, to [[lead]] one to [[suppose]], to [[suggest]], id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[promise]] to [[come]], to [[engage]] one's [[self]] to [[meet]] [[any]] one, to [[dine]], [[sup]], etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16: ad fratrem, Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27: ad cenam mihi, Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so, [[tibi]] me promittere noli, to [[expect]] me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[promise]] [[something]] to a [[deity]], i. e. to [[vow]]: [[donum]] Jovi dicatum [[atque]] [[promissum]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184: nigras pecudes Diti, Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[offer]] as a [[price]] ([[post]]-Aug.): pro [[domo]] [[sestertium]] [[millies]] promittens, Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., [[hanging]] [[down]], [[long]]; of the [[hair]]: [[coma]], Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34: [[Britanni]] capillo sunt promisso, Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so, [[capillus]], Nep. Dat. 3, 1: [[barba]], Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4: [[barba]] omnibus promissa erat, id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap: boves palearibus amplis et [[paene]] ad genua promissis, Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the [[belly]]: sues ventre promisso, Col. 7, 9, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a [[promise]] ([[very]] freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; cf. [[promissio]], [[pollicitatio]]), Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139: [[voto]] quodam et promisso teneri, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: [[constantia]] promissi, id. ib. 4, 17, 1: [[promissum]] absolvere, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1: facere, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95: exigere, id. ib. 3, 25, 94: ludere aliquem promisso inani, Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.: [[pacta]] et promissa servare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc., id. ib. 1, 10, 32: promissis manere, Verg. A. 2, 160: promissa firmare, Ov. M. 10, 430: [[multa]] fidem promissa levant, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: dic aliquid dignum promissis, id. S. 2, 3, 6: quo promissa (Ennii) cadant, i. e. the expectations [[which]] he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52: promissa [[dare]], to [[make]] promises, Cat. 63, 239; to [[fulfil]], Ov. M. 2, 51. | ||
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|gf=<b>prōmittō</b>,⁷ mīsī, [[missum]], ĕre,<br /> <b>I</b> pr.,<br /><b>1</b> faire aller en avant [[rare]] : [[arbor]] se promittit Plin. 16, 107, l’arbre se lance, se développe ; [[sonus]] promittitur Plin. 10, 28, le son se prolonge<br /><b>2</b> laisser aller en avant : capillum, barbam Liv. 6, 16, 4, laisser croître les cheveux, la barbe ; ramos Col. Rust. 5, 6, 11, laisser pousser les rameaux.<br /> <b>II</b> [fig.]<br /><b>1</b> assurer, prédire [[rare]] : Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5 ; Fam. 6, 1, 5 ; Plin. 18, 309 || Val. Flacc. 6, 730<br /><b>2</b> promettre, garantir, assurer : <b> a)</b> [[aliquid]] (alicui), qqch. (à qqn) : Cic. Att. 16, 1, 6 ; Off. 1, 32 ; se ultorem Virg. En. 2, 96, s’engager à être le vengeur || [[aliquid]] promittere de se Hor. S. 1, 4, 102, promettre qqch. en s’engageant personnellement ; [[aliquid]] a se Cic. de Or. 1, 111, promettre qqch. de soi-même, de sa propre initiative || [[aliquid]] de [[aliqua]] re Cic. Planc. 101, promettre qqch. en se basant sur qqch., cf. Fam. 7, 5, 1 || damni infecti promittere Cic. Top. 22, prendre un engagement du chef de (pour) dommage éventuel ; <b> b)</b> [avec inf.] : si operam dare promittitis Pl. Trin. 5, si vous promettez d’y mettre du vôtre, cf. Pl. Bacch. 920, etc.; <b> c)</b> [avec prop. inf., d’ordin. inf. fut. actif] : Cic. Mur. 90 ; Phil. 4, 110 ; Fam. 13, 9, 3, etc. ; [inf. prés.] Pl. Merc. 631 ; Rud. 531 ; Plin. 20, 244 ; [les deux constr. à la fois] Curt. 3, 6, 2 ; [inf. prés. pass.] Cic. Quinct. 29 ; <b> d)</b> [pass. constr. pers.] [[aliquid]] promittitur prædicare Plin. 37, 168, on promet qu’une chose prédit...; <b> e)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faire des promesses : Cic. Div. 2, 38 ; Fam. 7, 5, 1 ; [pass. imp.] [[cui]] [[promissum]] [[est]] Cic. Off. 1, 32, celui à qui on a fait une promesse ; [en part.] ad aliquem promittere Cic. de Or. 2, 27, promettre d’aller chez qqn, cf. Pl. St. 483 ; ad cenam [[alio]] [[promisi]] Pl. St. 596, j’ai promis d’aller dîner ailleurs, chez un autre. pf. sync. [[promisti]] Ter. Ad. 940 ; Catul. 110, 3 ; [[promisse]] Catul. 110, 5.||Val. Flacc. 6, 730<br /><b>2</b> promettre, garantir, assurer : <b> a)</b> [[aliquid]] (alicui), qqch. (à qqn) : Cic. Att. 16, 1, 6 ; Off. 1, 32 ; se ultorem Virg. En. 2, 96, s’engager à être le vengeur||[[aliquid]] promittere de se Hor. S. 1, 4, 102, promettre qqch. en s’engageant personnellement ; [[aliquid]] a se Cic. de Or. 1, 111, promettre qqch. de soi-même, de sa propre initiative||[[aliquid]] de [[aliqua]] re Cic. Planc. 101, promettre qqch. en se basant sur qqch., cf. Fam. 7, 5, 1||damni infecti promittere Cic. Top. 22, prendre un engagement du chef de (pour) dommage éventuel ; <b> b)</b> [avec inf.] : si operam dare promittitis Pl. Trin. 5, si vous promettez d’y mettre du vôtre, cf. Pl. Bacch. 920, etc.; <b> c)</b> [avec prop. inf., d’ordin. inf. fut. actif] : Cic. Mur. 90 ; Phil. 4, 110 ; Fam. 13, 9, 3, etc. ; [inf. prés.] Pl. Merc. 631 ; Rud. 531 ; Plin. 20, 244 ; [les deux constr. à la fois] Curt. 3, 6, 2 ; [inf. prés. pass.] Cic. Quinct. 29 ; <b> d)</b> [pass. constr. pers.] [[aliquid]] promittitur prædicare Plin. 37, 168, on promet qu’une chose prédit...; <b> e)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faire des promesses : Cic. Div. 2, 38 ; Fam. 7, 5, 1 ; [pass. imp.] [[cui]] [[promissum]] [[est]] Cic. Off. 1, 32, celui à qui on a fait une promesse ; [en part.] ad aliquem promittere Cic. de Or. 2, 27, promettre d’aller chez qqn, cf. Pl. St. 483 ; ad cenam [[alio]] [[promisi]] Pl. St. 596, j’ai promis d’aller dîner ailleurs, chez un autre. pf. sync. [[promisti]] Ter. Ad. 940 ; Catul. 110, 3 ; [[promisse]] Catul. 110, 5. | |gf=<b>prōmittō</b>,⁷ mīsī, [[missum]], ĕre,<br /> <b>I</b> pr.,<br /><b>1</b> faire aller en avant [[rare]] : [[arbor]] se promittit Plin. 16, 107, l’arbre se lance, se développe ; [[sonus]] promittitur Plin. 10, 28, le son se prolonge<br /><b>2</b> laisser aller en avant : capillum, barbam Liv. 6, 16, 4, laisser croître les cheveux, la barbe ; ramos Col. Rust. 5, 6, 11, laisser pousser les rameaux.<br /> <b>II</b> [fig.]<br /><b>1</b> assurer, prédire [[rare]] : Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5 ; Fam. 6, 1, 5 ; Plin. 18, 309 || Val. Flacc. 6, 730<br /><b>2</b> promettre, garantir, assurer : <b> a)</b> [[aliquid]] (alicui), qqch. (à qqn) : Cic. Att. 16, 1, 6 ; Off. 1, 32 ; se ultorem Virg. En. 2, 96, s’engager à être le vengeur || [[aliquid]] promittere de se Hor. S. 1, 4, 102, promettre qqch. en s’engageant personnellement ; [[aliquid]] a se Cic. de Or. 1, 111, promettre qqch. de soi-même, de sa propre initiative || [[aliquid]] de [[aliqua]] re Cic. Planc. 101, promettre qqch. en se basant sur qqch., cf. Fam. 7, 5, 1 || damni infecti promittere Cic. Top. 22, prendre un engagement du chef de (pour) dommage éventuel ; <b> b)</b> [avec inf.] : si operam dare promittitis Pl. Trin. 5, si vous promettez d’y mettre du vôtre, cf. Pl. Bacch. 920, etc.; <b> c)</b> [avec prop. inf., d’ordin. inf. fut. actif] : Cic. Mur. 90 ; Phil. 4, 110 ; Fam. 13, 9, 3, etc. ; [inf. prés.] Pl. Merc. 631 ; Rud. 531 ; Plin. 20, 244 ; [les deux constr. à la fois] Curt. 3, 6, 2 ; [inf. prés. pass.] Cic. Quinct. 29 ; <b> d)</b> [pass. constr. pers.] [[aliquid]] promittitur prædicare Plin. 37, 168, on promet qu’une chose prédit...; <b> e)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faire des promesses : Cic. Div. 2, 38 ; Fam. 7, 5, 1 ; [pass. imp.] [[cui]] [[promissum]] [[est]] Cic. Off. 1, 32, celui à qui on a fait une promesse ; [en part.] ad aliquem promittere Cic. de Or. 2, 27, promettre d’aller chez qqn, cf. Pl. St. 483 ; ad cenam [[alio]] [[promisi]] Pl. St. 596, j’ai promis d’aller dîner ailleurs, chez un autre. pf. sync. [[promisti]] Ter. Ad. 940 ; Catul. 110, 3 ; [[promisse]] Catul. 110, 5.||Val. Flacc. 6, 730<br /><b>2</b> promettre, garantir, assurer : <b> a)</b> [[aliquid]] (alicui), qqch. (à qqn) : Cic. Att. 16, 1, 6 ; Off. 1, 32 ; se ultorem Virg. En. 2, 96, s’engager à être le vengeur||[[aliquid]] promittere de se Hor. S. 1, 4, 102, promettre qqch. en s’engageant personnellement ; [[aliquid]] a se Cic. de Or. 1, 111, promettre qqch. de soi-même, de sa propre initiative||[[aliquid]] de [[aliqua]] re Cic. Planc. 101, promettre qqch. en se basant sur qqch., cf. Fam. 7, 5, 1||damni infecti promittere Cic. Top. 22, prendre un engagement du chef de (pour) dommage éventuel ; <b> b)</b> [avec inf.] : si operam dare promittitis Pl. Trin. 5, si vous promettez d’y mettre du vôtre, cf. Pl. Bacch. 920, etc.; <b> c)</b> [avec prop. inf., d’ordin. inf. fut. actif] : Cic. Mur. 90 ; Phil. 4, 110 ; Fam. 13, 9, 3, etc. ; [inf. prés.] Pl. Merc. 631 ; Rud. 531 ; Plin. 20, 244 ; [les deux constr. à la fois] Curt. 3, 6, 2 ; [inf. prés. pass.] Cic. Quinct. 29 ; <b> d)</b> [pass. constr. pers.] [[aliquid]] promittitur prædicare Plin. 37, 168, on promet qu’une chose prédit...; <b> e)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] faire des promesses : Cic. Div. 2, 38 ; Fam. 7, 5, 1 ; [pass. imp.] [[cui]] [[promissum]] [[est]] Cic. Off. 1, 32, celui à qui on a fait une promesse ; [en part.] ad aliquem promittere Cic. de Or. 2, 27, promettre d’aller chez qqn, cf. Pl. St. 483 ; ad cenam [[alio]] [[promisi]] Pl. St. 596, j’ai promis d’aller dîner ailleurs, chez un autre. pf. sync. [[promisti]] Ter. Ad. 940 ; Catul. 110, 3 ; [[promisse]] Catul. 110, 5. | ||
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|georg=prō-[[mitto]], mīsī, [[missum]], ere, [[vorwärts]]-, [[vor]]-, [[hervorgehen]] [[lassen]], dah. I) übtr.: A) ([[nach]] [[mitto]] no. I = faire [[aller]]) vorwärtsgehen [[machen]], 1) hervorfließen-, [[vergießen]] [[machen]], [[non]] est, [[quod]] [[tibi]] [[quicquam]] promisisse lacrimas putes, Sen. contr. 2, 3 (11), 4. – 2) v. [[Wachstum]] u. [[zwar]] refl. pr. se, [[hervor]]-, [[emporwachsen]], [[nec]] ulla arborum avidius se promittit, Plin. 16, 107. – 3) v. [[Dehnen]] [[des]] Tones, [[dehnen]], [[schleifen]], [[sonus]] lusciniae promittitur revocato spiritu, Plin. 10, 81. – B) ([[nach]] [[mitto]] no. II = laisser [[aller]]) [[vorwärts]]-, [[lang]] [[wachsen]] [[lassen]], capillum et barbam, Liv., crinem barbamque, Tac.: ramos longius, Colum. – II) bildl., in [[Aussicht]] [[stellen]], [[hoffen]] [[lassen]], 1) [[zusichern]], [[zusagen]], [[versprechen]], [[verheißen]], [[geloben]] (Ggstz. facere, praestare [[[leisten]]], observare, negare [ableugnen]), a) übh.: α) m. Acc. [[rei]] u. [[mit]] u. [[ohne]] Dat. pers.: di faxint, ut faciat ea, [[quae]] promittit! Cic.: si [[Neptunus]] [[quod]] Theseo promiserat [[non]] fecisset, Cic.: [[vix]] videbar [[quod]] promiseram praestare posse, Cic.: [[qui]] plura promitteret [[quam]] praestaret, Iustin.: meque ([[velim]]) ea, [[quae]] [[promitto]] ac [[recipio]], sanctissime [[esse]] observaturum, Cic.: [[bene]] promittis [[multa]] ex multis; [[omnia]] [[incassum]] cadunt, Plaut.: [[mox]] paenitentiā [[ductus]], ut [[honeste]] negaret, [[quod]] [[temere]] promiserat, Iustin.: [[hoc]] [[tibi]] de [[plano]] ([[ohne]] [[Mühe]]) [[possum]] promittere, Lucr.: pr. [[impigre]] [[auxilium]], Liv.: [[auxilium]] Troiae (Dat.), Ov.: dotem, Curt.: impunitatem, Val. Max.: [[nunc]] ingentia, [[interdum]] [[quoque]] [[regnum]], Curt.: [[librum]], quem prioribus epistulis promiseram, [[exhibeo]], Plin. ep.: [[non]] [[haec]] [[mihi]] litora (diese K., [[nach]] der [[ihr]] steuert) promisistis, Ov.: [[nihil]] ob advocationem dedisse promisisse cavisse, Plin. ep.: alci nummos, Val. Max., ducentos nummos, Plaut.: [[quinque]] [[milia]] nummûm in alimenta ingenuorum ingenuarumque, Plin. ep.: alci (virgini) nuptias, Sen. rhet.: impensius, [[quam]] exigebatur, operam promittit, Curt.: pr. pecuniam, Auct. b. Alex.: pecuniam in portarum ornatum, Plin. ep., ad refectionem Capitolii, Val. Max.: [[reditus]] [[sibi]] pr. inanes, [[sich]] vergebliche [[Hoffnung]] [[auf]] [[Rückkehr]] [[machen]], Ov.: [[dum]] [[septem]] donat sestertia, mutua [[septem]] promittit, Hor.: pr. omnibus quinquagena sestertia, Suet. – v. lebl. Subj., ut alimenta sanis corporibus [[agricultura]], [[sic]] sanitatem [[aegris]] [[medicina]] promittit, Cels.: [[hoc]] [[primum]] [[philosophia]] promittit, sensum communem, humanitatem et congregationem, Sen.: [[terra]] aquas promittit, Plin.: perpetuitatem [[enim]] [[urbis]], [[non]] amissionem [[hoc]] [[facto]] promiserat ([[oraculum]]), Iustin.: [[ipse]] [[quid]] [[aura]] [[mihi]] [[tumulo]] promittat ab [[alto]] [[prospicio]], Ov. – β) [[mit]] Acc. pers.: [[falso]] [[tibi]] me promittere noli, mich (meine [[Rückkehr]]), Ov. [[met]]. 11, 662: pr. oratorem, [[ein]] R. zu [[werden]] [[versprechen]] ([[hoffen]] [[lassen]]), Sen. contr. 9, 6 (29), 13: pr. ducem, [[sich]] zum F. ([[gegen]] die [[Römer]]) [[anbieten]], Sen. nat. qu. 3. praef. § 6. – [[mit]] dopp. Acc., se socios fugae, Tac. hist. 3, 59: per ea scelera se parricidam, [[ein]] V. zu [[werden]] [[befürchten]] [[lassen]], Ps. Quint. decl. 1, 6: se ultorem, [[sich]] [[als]] [[ein]] R. [[verheißen]], d.i. [[mit]] [[Rache]] [[drohen]], Verg. Aen. 2, 96. – γ) m. de u. Abl., [[mit]] und [[ohne]] Acc. [[rei]]: [[quod]] [[vitium]] [[procul]] [[afore]] chartis [[atque]] [[animo]] [[prius]], ut si [[quid]] promittere de me [[possum]] aliud, [[vere]] [[promitto]], Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 4, 102 sq.: [[nihil]] [[tibi]] [[ego]] tum de meis opibus pollicebar, [[sed]] de horum [[erga]] me [[benevolentia]] promittebam, Cic.: [[ohne]] Acc. [[rei]], [[neque]] [[enim]] [[mehercule]] [[minus]] ei [[prolixe]] de tua voluntate [[promisi]], [[quam]] erat [[solitus]] de mea polliceri, Cic.: implent [[enim]] me bonā spe et [[iam]] [[non]] promittunt de te, [[sed]] spondent, Sen. – δ) m. Genet.: si [[quis]] in pariete communi destruendo damni infecti promiserit, Versprechungen [[wegen]] ([[Ersatz]]) möglichen Schadens gegeben hat, Cic. top. 22: promittentes armorum, Amm. 14, 7, 18 G. – ε) m. folg. Infin.: si [[quidem]] operam dare promittitis, Plaut.: ei [[promisi]] [[dolium]] vini dare, Plaut.: fidentius promittentes latebras monstrare Florentii, Amm. – ζ) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., u. [[zwar]] gew. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. [[Fut]]. act.: [[eum]] promisisse [[firmiter]] dixit [[sibi]] [[sese]] abducturum a me dolis [[Phoenicium]], Plaut.: [[promitto]] [[tibi]], si valebit, tegulam illum in [[Italia]] nullam relicturum, Cic.: ex voluntate Sullae [[omnia]] se facturum promittit, Sall.: equis se [[suis]] stipendia facturos promittunt, Liv.: [[promitto]], [[recipio]], [[spondeo]] C. Caesarem talem [[fore]] civem, [[qualis]] etc., Cic.: quem [[ita]] [[commendo]], ut cupidissimum otii, studiosissimum bonorum futurum [[esse]] promittam et spondeam, Cic.: de me [[tibi]] [[sic]] contestans omnes deos [[promitto]] [[atque]] [[confirmo]] me [[pro]] tua dignitate... imperatoris suscepturum officia [[atque]] partes, Cic. – [[selten]] m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. Praes. act., promittebas te os sublinere [[meo]] patri, Plaut. merc. 631 (vgl. rud. 540): tepefactum (marrubi sucum) vomicas rumpere, purgare, persanare promittens, Plin. 20, 244: [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin. Praes. u. [[Fut]]. act. zugl., is [[non]] [[praeceps]] se, [[sed]] strenuum [[remedium]] adferre tantamque vim morbi potione medicatā levaturum [[esse]] promisit, Curt. 3, 6 (14), 2: m. folg. Acc. u. Inf. Praes. [[passiv]]., ut Idibus Septembribus P. Quinctium sisti [[Sextus]] [[Alfenus]] promitteret, Cic. Quinct. 29: im [[Passiv]] m. Nom. u. Infin. Praes. act., Hammonis [[cornu]] promittitur (soll) praedivina somnia repraesentare, Plin. 37, 168. – η) absol.: [[aut]] facere ingenuae est [[aut]] [[non]] [[promisse]] (= promisisse) pudicae, Catull.: [[quae]] [[autem]] [[inconstantia]] deorum est, ut primis minentur extis, [[bene]] promittant secundis, Gutes ([[Glück]]) [[verheißen]], Cic.: homines [[non]] [[modo]] promitti [[sibi]]... [[sed]] [[etiam]] [[large]] [[atque]] [[honeste]] promitti volunt, Cic.: si [[bene]] ([[tüchtig]]) promittent, [[totidem]] promittite verbis, Ov.: aliis si laudarent, benignissime promittere, Cic. – b) [[einer]] [[Gottheit]] [[geloben]], [[donum]] Iovi dicatum et [[promissum]], Cic.: pr. templa, [[Flor]].: Laribus cristam galli, Iuven. – c) pr. ad alqm, ad cenam, [[sich]] zu jmd. zu Tische [[ansagen]], [[versprechen]] (s. Benecke Iustin. 43, 3, 10. p. 484), ad fratrem promiserat, Cic.: ad cenam [[alio]] (anderswohin) [[promisi]] [[foras]], Plaut.: ad cenam [[mihi]] promitte, Phaedr.: [[heus]] tu promittis ad cenam [[nec]] venis, Plin. ep.: u. so [[ego]] [[illi]] ad [[prandium]] promisissem, ad cenam renuntiassem ([[abgesagt]]), Sen. rhet.: [[simul]] ad cenam hominem in hortos invitavit in posterum diem. Cum [[ille]] promisisset etc., Cic. – d) [[als]] [[Gebot]] eine [[Summe]] [[zusichern]], [[bieten]], [[pro]] [[domo]] [[sestertium]] [[millies]] promittens, Plin. 17, 3. – 2) [[versichern]], [[zusichern]] = [[vorhersagen]], a) [[von]] Pers.: [[praesertim]] cum, si [[mihi]] alterum [[utrum]] de eventu [[atque]] exitu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, [[quod]] evenit, exploratius possem promittere, Cic. ep. 6, 1, 5. – b) v. Tieren u. Lebl., [[vorher]] [[anzeigen]], pari in meliora [[praesagio]] [[omnia]] aves victimaeque promiserant, [[Flor]].: [[stella]]... vindemiae maturitatem promittens, Plin.: clarum [[fore]] [[flamma]] promiserat, [[Flor]]. – c) v. [[Wetter]], si ab ortu circave surrexit ([[arcus]]), serena promittunt, so bedeutet das heiteres [[Wetter]], Sen. nat. qu. 1, 6, 2. – / Synkop. Perfektformen: [[promisti]], Ter. adelph. 940. Catull. 110, 3: Infin. [[promisse]], Catull. 110, 5. – Parag. Infin. promittier, Plaut. Bacch. 873. | |||
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|lnztxt=promitto, is, misi, missum, mittere. 3. :: 抛。尥。許。決言。伸。留。嚇呼。— longius tela 射箭於遠。— barbam 留鬚。— ei ad coenam 許赴其席。— vadimonium 約至限日前來。— damni infecti 約賠所致之害。當後患。— ad fratrem 許赴兄弟之席。Nulla arbor se avidius promittit 無他樹更早結果。 | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 12 June 2024
Latin > English
promitto promittere, promisi, promissus V :: promise
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prō-mitto: mīsi, missum, 3 (sync. forms:
I promisti for promisisti, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3: promisse for promisisse, id. 110, 5: promissem, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. pass. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.
I Lit., to let go forward, to send or put forth, to let hang down, let grow, etc. (rare; not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt, suffer to grow longer, Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to grow: nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit, Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the hair, the beard, to let hang down, let grow: satis constat multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse, Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.: pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.—Transf.: (Sonus lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu, is drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82; Gallia est longe et a nostris litoribus huc usque promissa, Mel. 1, 3;
v. infra, P. a.—
II Trop., of speech.
A To say beforehand, to forebode, foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare): praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5: ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis, id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to forebode, portend: pari in meliora praesagio in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant, Flor. 4, 7, 9: promittunt omina poenas, Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum fore (Servium) visa circa caput flamma promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to denote beforehand: stella ... vindemiae maturitatem promittens, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—
B To promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope or promise of, assure (class. and freq.; syn.: polliceor, spondeo, recipio), constr. with acc., an object-clause, or de: domum, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28: sestertia septem, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81: carmen, id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7: auxilium alicui, id. M. 13, 325: opem, id. F 5, 247: salutem, Luc. 4, 235: ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5: si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset, id. Off. 1, 10, 32: dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit! id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.): promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.: promitto, in meque recipio fore eum, etc., id. Fam. 13, 10, 3: quem inimicissimum futurum esse promitto et spondeo, id. Mur. 41, 90: surrepturum pallam promisit tibi, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6: promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram, Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.: si operam dare promittitis, Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum vanitas ebrietati eas resistere promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.: se remedium afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit, Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5: promittere oratorem, to give promise of becoming, Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.: per ea scelera se parricidam, excite fears lest he become, Quint. Decl. 1, 6: me Promisi ultorem, Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de: de alicujus voluntate promittere, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc., id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103: promittere damni infecti, i. e. to promise indemnification for, become answerable for the possible damage, Cic. Top 4, 22.—
C With ut and subj.: promiserat ut daret, Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' terra ipsa promittit (aquas), gives promise of, leads one to expect water, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45: debet extremitas (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat alia post se, to lead one to suppose, to suggest, id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—
2 In partic.
a To promise to come, to engage one's self to meet any one, to dine, sup, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16: ad fratrem, Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27: ad cenam mihi, Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so, tibi me promittere noli, to expect me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—
b To promise something to a deity, i. e. to vow: donum Jovi dicatum atque promissum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184: nigras pecudes Diti, Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—
c To offer as a price (post-Aug.): pro domo sestertium millies promittens, Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.
A Lit., hanging down, long; of the hair: coma, Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34: Britanni capillo sunt promisso, Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so, capillus, Nep. Dat. 3, 1: barba, Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4: barba omnibus promissa erat, id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap: boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis, Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the belly: sues ventre promisso, Col. 7, 9, 1.—
B Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a promise (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. promissio, pollicitatio), Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139: voto quodam et promisso teneri, id. Att. 12, 18, 1: constantia promissi, id. ib. 4, 17, 1: promissum absolvere, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1: facere, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95: exigere, id. ib. 3, 25, 94: ludere aliquem promisso inani, Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.: pacta et promissa servare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc., id. ib. 1, 10, 32: promissis manere, Verg. A. 2, 160: promissa firmare, Ov. M. 10, 430: multa fidem promissa levant, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: dic aliquid dignum promissis, id. S. 2, 3, 6: quo promissa (Ennii) cadant, i. e. the expectations which he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52: promissa dare, to make promises, Cat. 63, 239; to fulfil, Ov. M. 2, 51.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōmittō,⁷ mīsī, missum, ĕre,
I pr.,
1 faire aller en avant rare : arbor se promittit Plin. 16, 107, l’arbre se lance, se développe ; sonus promittitur Plin. 10, 28, le son se prolonge
2 laisser aller en avant : capillum, barbam Liv. 6, 16, 4, laisser croître les cheveux, la barbe ; ramos Col. Rust. 5, 6, 11, laisser pousser les rameaux.
II [fig.]
1 assurer, prédire rare : Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5 ; Fam. 6, 1, 5 ; Plin. 18, 309 || Val. Flacc. 6, 730
2 promettre, garantir, assurer : a) aliquid (alicui), qqch. (à qqn) : Cic. Att. 16, 1, 6 ; Off. 1, 32 ; se ultorem Virg. En. 2, 96, s’engager à être le vengeur || aliquid promittere de se Hor. S. 1, 4, 102, promettre qqch. en s’engageant personnellement ; aliquid a se Cic. de Or. 1, 111, promettre qqch. de soi-même, de sa propre initiative || aliquid de aliqua re Cic. Planc. 101, promettre qqch. en se basant sur qqch., cf. Fam. 7, 5, 1 || damni infecti promittere Cic. Top. 22, prendre un engagement du chef de (pour) dommage éventuel ; b) [avec inf.] : si operam dare promittitis Pl. Trin. 5, si vous promettez d’y mettre du vôtre, cf. Pl. Bacch. 920, etc.; c) [avec prop. inf., d’ordin. inf. fut. actif] : Cic. Mur. 90 ; Phil. 4, 110 ; Fam. 13, 9, 3, etc. ; [inf. prés.] Pl. Merc. 631 ; Rud. 531 ; Plin. 20, 244 ; [les deux constr. à la fois] Curt. 3, 6, 2 ; [inf. prés. pass.] Cic. Quinct. 29 ; d) [pass. constr. pers.] aliquid promittitur prædicare Plin. 37, 168, on promet qu’une chose prédit...; e) abst] faire des promesses : Cic. Div. 2, 38 ; Fam. 7, 5, 1 ; [pass. imp.] cui promissum est Cic. Off. 1, 32, celui à qui on a fait une promesse ; [en part.] ad aliquem promittere Cic. de Or. 2, 27, promettre d’aller chez qqn, cf. Pl. St. 483 ; ad cenam alio promisi Pl. St. 596, j’ai promis d’aller dîner ailleurs, chez un autre. pf. sync. promisti Ter. Ad. 940 ; Catul. 110, 3 ; promisse Catul. 110, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
prō-mitto, mīsī, missum, ere, vorwärts-, vor-, hervorgehen lassen, dah. I) übtr.: A) (nach mitto no. I = faire aller) vorwärtsgehen machen, 1) hervorfließen-, vergießen machen, non est, quod tibi quicquam promisisse lacrimas putes, Sen. contr. 2, 3 (11), 4. – 2) v. Wachstum u. zwar refl. pr. se, hervor-, emporwachsen, nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit, Plin. 16, 107. – 3) v. Dehnen des Tones, dehnen, schleifen, sonus lusciniae promittitur revocato spiritu, Plin. 10, 81. – B) (nach mitto no. II = laisser aller) vorwärts-, lang wachsen lassen, capillum et barbam, Liv., crinem barbamque, Tac.: ramos longius, Colum. – II) bildl., in Aussicht stellen, hoffen lassen, 1) zusichern, zusagen, versprechen, verheißen, geloben (Ggstz. facere, praestare [[[leisten]]], observare, negare [ableugnen]), a) übh.: α) m. Acc. rei u. mit u. ohne Dat. pers.: di faxint, ut faciat ea, quae promittit! Cic.: si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat non fecisset, Cic.: vix videbar quod promiseram praestare posse, Cic.: qui plura promitteret quam praestaret, Iustin.: meque (velim) ea, quae promitto ac recipio, sanctissime esse observaturum, Cic.: bene promittis multa ex multis; omnia incassum cadunt, Plaut.: mox paenitentiā ductus, ut honeste negaret, quod temere promiserat, Iustin.: hoc tibi de plano (ohne Mühe) possum promittere, Lucr.: pr. impigre auxilium, Liv.: auxilium Troiae (Dat.), Ov.: dotem, Curt.: impunitatem, Val. Max.: nunc ingentia, interdum quoque regnum, Curt.: librum, quem prioribus epistulis promiseram, exhibeo, Plin. ep.: non haec mihi litora (diese K., nach der ihr steuert) promisistis, Ov.: nihil ob advocationem dedisse promisisse cavisse, Plin. ep.: alci nummos, Val. Max., ducentos nummos, Plaut.: quinque milia nummûm in alimenta ingenuorum ingenuarumque, Plin. ep.: alci (virgini) nuptias, Sen. rhet.: impensius, quam exigebatur, operam promittit, Curt.: pr. pecuniam, Auct. b. Alex.: pecuniam in portarum ornatum, Plin. ep., ad refectionem Capitolii, Val. Max.: reditus sibi pr. inanes, sich vergebliche Hoffnung auf Rückkehr machen, Ov.: dum septem donat sestertia, mutua septem promittit, Hor.: pr. omnibus quinquagena sestertia, Suet. – v. lebl. Subj., ut alimenta sanis corporibus agricultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels.: hoc primum philosophia promittit, sensum communem, humanitatem et congregationem, Sen.: terra aquas promittit, Plin.: perpetuitatem enim urbis, non amissionem hoc facto promiserat (oraculum), Iustin.: ipse quid aura mihi tumulo promittat ab alto prospicio, Ov. – β) mit Acc. pers.: falso tibi me promittere noli, mich (meine Rückkehr), Ov. met. 11, 662: pr. oratorem, ein R. zu werden versprechen (hoffen lassen), Sen. contr. 9, 6 (29), 13: pr. ducem, sich zum F. (gegen die Römer) anbieten, Sen. nat. qu. 3. praef. § 6. – mit dopp. Acc., se socios fugae, Tac. hist. 3, 59: per ea scelera se parricidam, ein V. zu werden befürchten lassen, Ps. Quint. decl. 1, 6: se ultorem, sich als ein R. verheißen, d.i. mit Rache drohen, Verg. Aen. 2, 96. – γ) m. de u. Abl., mit und ohne Acc. rei: quod vitium procul afore chartis atque animo prius, ut si quid promittere de me possum aliud, vere promitto, Hor. sat. 1, 4, 102 sq.: nihil tibi ego tum de meis opibus pollicebar, sed de horum erga me benevolentia promittebam, Cic.: ohne Acc. rei, neque enim mehercule minus ei prolixe de tua voluntate promisi, quam erat solitus de mea polliceri, Cic.: implent enim me bonā spe et iam non promittunt de te, sed spondent, Sen. – δ) m. Genet.: si quis in pariete communi destruendo damni infecti promiserit, Versprechungen wegen (Ersatz) möglichen Schadens gegeben hat, Cic. top. 22: promittentes armorum, Amm. 14, 7, 18 G. – ε) m. folg. Infin.: si quidem operam dare promittitis, Plaut.: ei promisi dolium vini dare, Plaut.: fidentius promittentes latebras monstrare Florentii, Amm. – ζ) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., u. zwar gew. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. Fut. act.: eum promisisse firmiter dixit sibi sese abducturum a me dolis Phoenicium, Plaut.: promitto tibi, si valebit, tegulam illum in Italia nullam relicturum, Cic.: ex voluntate Sullae omnia se facturum promittit, Sall.: equis se suis stipendia facturos promittunt, Liv.: promitto, recipio, spondeo C. Caesarem talem fore civem, qualis etc., Cic.: quem ita commendo, ut cupidissimum otii, studiosissimum bonorum futurum esse promittam et spondeam, Cic.: de me tibi sic contestans omnes deos promitto atque confirmo me pro tua dignitate... imperatoris suscepturum officia atque partes, Cic. – selten m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. Praes. act., promittebas te os sublinere meo patri, Plaut. merc. 631 (vgl. rud. 540): tepefactum (marrubi sucum) vomicas rumpere, purgare, persanare promittens, Plin. 20, 244: mit folg. Acc. u. Infin. Praes. u. Fut. act. zugl., is non praeceps se, sed strenuum remedium adferre tantamque vim morbi potione medicatā levaturum esse promisit, Curt. 3, 6 (14), 2: m. folg. Acc. u. Inf. Praes. passiv., ut Idibus Septembribus P. Quinctium sisti Sextus Alfenus promitteret, Cic. Quinct. 29: im Passiv m. Nom. u. Infin. Praes. act., Hammonis cornu promittitur (soll) praedivina somnia repraesentare, Plin. 37, 168. – η) absol.: aut facere ingenuae est aut non promisse (= promisisse) pudicae, Catull.: quae autem inconstantia deorum est, ut primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis, Gutes (Glück) verheißen, Cic.: homines non modo promitti sibi... sed etiam large atque honeste promitti volunt, Cic.: si bene (tüchtig) promittent, totidem promittite verbis, Ov.: aliis si laudarent, benignissime promittere, Cic. – b) einer Gottheit geloben, donum Iovi dicatum et promissum, Cic.: pr. templa, Flor.: Laribus cristam galli, Iuven. – c) pr. ad alqm, ad cenam, sich zu jmd. zu Tische ansagen, versprechen (s. Benecke Iustin. 43, 3, 10. p. 484), ad fratrem promiserat, Cic.: ad cenam alio (anderswohin) promisi foras, Plaut.: ad cenam mihi promitte, Phaedr.: heus tu promittis ad cenam nec venis, Plin. ep.: u. so ego illi ad prandium promisissem, ad cenam renuntiassem (abgesagt), Sen. rhet.: simul ad cenam hominem in hortos invitavit in posterum diem. Cum ille promisisset etc., Cic. – d) als Gebot eine Summe zusichern, bieten, pro domo sestertium millies promittens, Plin. 17, 3. – 2) versichern, zusichern = vorhersagen, a) von Pers.: praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu atque exitu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere, Cic. ep. 6, 1, 5. – b) v. Tieren u. Lebl., vorher anzeigen, pari in meliora praesagio omnia aves victimaeque promiserant, Flor.: stella... vindemiae maturitatem promittens, Plin.: clarum fore flamma promiserat, Flor. – c) v. Wetter, si ab ortu circave surrexit (arcus), serena promittunt, so bedeutet das heiteres Wetter, Sen. nat. qu. 1, 6, 2. – / Synkop. Perfektformen: promisti, Ter. adelph. 940. Catull. 110, 3: Infin. promisse, Catull. 110, 5. – Parag. Infin. promittier, Plaut. Bacch. 873.
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promitto, is, misi, missum, mittere. 3. :: 抛。尥。許。決言。伸。留。嚇呼。— longius tela 射箭於遠。— barbam 留鬚。— ei ad coenam 許赴其席。— vadimonium 約至限日前來。— damni infecti 約賠所致之害。當後患。— ad fratrem 許赴兄弟之席。Nulla arbor se avidius promittit 無他樹更早結果。
