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|lshtext=<b>ad-mitto</b>: mīsi, [[missum]], 3, v. a. (admĭsse<br /><b>I</b> sync. for admisisse, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 4: admittier [[arch]]. for admitti, as Verg. A. 9, 231), orig. to [[send]] to; [[hence]] [[with]] the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[leave]], permission (cf.: [[aditus]], [[accessus]]), to [[suffer]] to [[come]] or go to a [[place]], to [[admit]].—Constr. [[with]] in and acc. (in and abl. is [[rare]] and [[doubtful]]), ad, or dat. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: ad eam non admissa [[sum]], Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 41; so Eun. 2, 2, 50: [[quam]] multis custodibus [[opus]] erit, si te [[semel]] ad meas capsas admisero, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16: in [[cubiculum]], id. Phil. 8, 10: lucem in thalamos, Ov. A. A. 3, 807: domum ad se filium, Nep. Tim. 1: plebem ad campestres exercitationes, Suet. Ner. 10: aliquem per fenestram, Petr. Sat. 79; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 605: admissis [[intra]] [[moenia]] hostibus, Flor. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> Of those [[who]] admitted one on [[account]] of [[some]] [[business]]; and under the emperors, for the [[purpose]] of [[salutation]], to [[allow]] one [[admittance]] or [[access]], to [[grant]] an [[audience]] (the t. t. for this; v. [[admissio]], [[admissionalis]]; opp. excludere, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 10; Plin. [[Pan]]. 48; cf. Schwarz ad h. 1. 47, 3): nec quemquam admisit, admitted no one to his [[presence]], Cic. Att. 13, 52: [[domus]] clari hominis, in [[quam]] admittenda hominum cujusque modi [[multitudo]], id. Off. 1, 39: Casino salutatum veniebant; [[admissus]] est [[nemo]], id. Phil. 2, 41, 105; Nep. Con. 3; id. Dat. 3; Suet. Aug. 79: spectatum admissi, Hor. A. P. 5: admittier orant, Verg. A. 9, 231: turpius eicitur [[quam]] non admittitur [[hospes]], Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13: vetuit ad eum quemquam admitti, Nep. Eum. 12; Curt. 4, 1, 25: promiscuis salutationibus admittebat et plebem, Suet. Aug. 52.—Metaph.: [[ante]] fores stantem dubitas admittere Famam, Mart. 1, 25.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of a [[harlot]]: ne quemquam [[interea]] [[alium]] admittat [[prorsus]] [[quam]] me ad se virum, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 83; Prop. 3, 20, 7.—Also of the [[breeding]] of animals, to [[put]] the [[male]] to the [[female]] (cf.: [[admissarius]], [[admissura]], [[admissus]]), Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 22; 3, 10, 3; Plin. 8, 43, 68 al.; cf. id. 10, 63, 83; Just. 1, 10; Col. 6, 37; 7, 2.—Also used of the [[female]] of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, and Non. 69, 85.—<br /> <b>3</b> Admittere aliquem ad [[consilium]], to [[admit]] one to [[counsel]] or [[consultation]]: nec ad [[consilium]] [[casus]] admittitur, Cic. Marc. 2, 7: horum in numerum [[nemo]] admittebatur [[nisi]] qui, etc., Nep. Lys. 1 Halm.—Hence: admittere aliquem ad honores, ad [[officium]], to [[admit]] him to, to [[confer]] on, Nep. Eum. 1; Suet. Caes. 41; Prop. 2, 34, 16; Sen. Herc. Oet. 335.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of a [[horse]], to [[let]] go or [[run]], to [[give]] [[loose]] [[reins]] to (cf.: remittere, immittere, [[less]] [[emphatic]] [[than]] concitare; usu. in the [[part]]. perf.): admisso equo in mediam aciem irruere, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61: equites admissis equis ad suos refugerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 34: Considius equo admisso ad eum accurrit, came at [[full]] [[speed]], id. B. G. 1, 22: in Postumium equum [[infestus]] admisit, Liv. 2, 19; so Ov. H. 1, 36; id. M. 6, 237.—Hence of the [[hair]], to [[let]] it [[flow]] [[loosely]]: admissae jubae, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 50 al.<br /><b>II</b> Fig.<br /> <b>A</b> Of words, entreaties, etc., to [[permit]] a [[thing]] to [[come]], to [[give]] [[access]] or [[grant]] [[admittance]], to [[receive]]: pacis mentionem admittere auribus, Liv. 34, 49; so 30, 3: [[nihil]] [[quod]] salutare esset, ad aurĭs admittebant, id. 25, 21: quo facilius aures judicum, quae [[post]] dicturi erimus, admittant, Quint. 4, 3, 10.—Hence also absol.: admittere precationem, to [[hear]], to [[grant]], Liv. 31, 5 Gron.; Sil. 4, 698: [[tunc]] admitte jocos, [[give]] [[admittance]] to jesting, i. e. [[allow]] it, Mart. 4, 8.—So also: aliquid ad animum, Liv. 7, 9: cogitationem, Lact. 6, 13, 8.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of an [[act]], [[event]], etc., to [[let]] it be done, to [[allow]], [[permit]] (“fieri pati,” [[Don]]. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23).—With acc. of [[thing]]: sed tu [[quod]] cavere possis stultum admittere est, Ter. l. c.: [[quod]] [[semel]] [[admissum]] coërceri non potest, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 4: non admittere litem, id. Clu. 116: aspicere ecquid jam [[mare]] admitteret, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 17: non admittere illicita, Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 20.—With subj. [[clause]]: hosti non admissuro, quo [[minus]] aggrederetur, Tac. H. 2, 40.—With acc. and inf.: non admisit quemquam se sequi, Vulg. Marc. 5, 37; so acc. of [[person]] [[alone]]: non admisit eum, ib. 5, 19.—Hence, in the [[language]] of soothsayers, t. t. of birds [[which]] [[give]] a favorable [[omen]], = addīco, to be [[propitious]], to [[favor]]: inpetritum, inauguratum'st, [[quovis]] admittunt aves, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11: ubi aves non admisissent, Liv. 1, 36, 6; id. 4, 18 al. ([[hence]]: ADMISSIVAE: aves, in Paul. ex Fest. p. 21. Müll.).—<br /> <b>C</b> Of an [[unlawful]] [[act]], [[design]], etc., to [[grant]] [[admittance]] to one's [[self]]; [[hence]], [[become]] guiliy of, to [[perpetrate]], to [[commit]] (it [[thus]] expresses [[rather]] the [[moral]] [[liability]] incurred [[freely]]; [[while]] committere designates the [[overt]] [[act]], [[punishable]] by [[civil]] [[law]], Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9; freq. and [[class]].), [[often]] [[with]] a reflexive pron., in me, etc. (acc.): me hoc [[delictum]] admisisse in me, [[vehementer]] dolet, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 48: ea in te admisisti quae, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47: tu [[nihil]] admittes in te formidine poenae, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 53: admittere in se culpam, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 61; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 40: scelera, quae in se admiserit, Lucil. 27, 5 Müll.: [[quid]] [[umquam]] Habitus in se admisit, ut, etc., Cic. Clu. 60, 167: [[quantum]] in se [[facinus]], Caes. B. G. 3, 9.—And [[without]] [[such]] reflexive pron.: cum multos [[multa]] admĭsse acceperim, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 4: [[quid]] ego [[tantum]] sceleris admisi [[miser]]? Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 83; so, si [[Milo]] admisisset aliquid, [[quod]], etc., Cic. Mil. 23 fin.: [[dedecus]], id. Verr. 1, 17: [[commissum]] [[facinus]] et [[admissum]] [[dedecus]] confitebor, id. Fam. 3, 10, 7: [[tantum]] [[dedecus]], Caes. B. G. 4, 25: si [[quod]] [[facinus]], id. ib. 6, 12: [[flagitium]], Cic. Clu. 128: fraudem, id. Rab. 126: [[maleficium]], id. Sext. Rosc. 62: [[scelus]], Nep. Ep. 6: [[facinus]] miserabile, Sall. J. 53, 7: pessimum [[facinus]] pejore [[exemplo]], Liv. 3, 72, 2: [[tantum]] dedccoris, id. 4, 2; so 2, 37; 3, 59 al. | |lshtext=<b>ad-mitto</b>: mīsi, [[missum]], 3, v. a. (admĭsse<br /><b>I</b> sync. for admisisse, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 4: admittier [[arch]]. for admitti, as Verg. A. 9, 231), orig. to [[send]] to; [[hence]] [[with]] the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[leave]], permission (cf.: [[aditus]], [[accessus]]), to [[suffer]] to [[come]] or go to a [[place]], to [[admit]].—Constr. [[with]] in and acc. (in and abl. is [[rare]] and [[doubtful]]), ad, or dat. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: ad eam non admissa [[sum]], Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 41; so Eun. 2, 2, 50: [[quam]] multis custodibus [[opus]] erit, si te [[semel]] ad meas capsas admisero, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16: in [[cubiculum]], id. Phil. 8, 10: lucem in thalamos, Ov. A. A. 3, 807: domum ad se filium, Nep. Tim. 1: plebem ad campestres exercitationes, Suet. Ner. 10: aliquem per fenestram, Petr. Sat. 79; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 605: admissis [[intra]] [[moenia]] hostibus, Flor. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> Of those [[who]] admitted one on [[account]] of [[some]] [[business]]; and under the emperors, for the [[purpose]] of [[salutation]], to [[allow]] one [[admittance]] or [[access]], to [[grant]] an [[audience]] (the t. t. for this; v. [[admissio]], [[admissionalis]]; opp. excludere, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 10; Plin. [[Pan]]. 48; cf. Schwarz ad h. 1. 47, 3): nec quemquam admisit, admitted no one to his [[presence]], Cic. Att. 13, 52: [[domus]] clari hominis, in [[quam]] admittenda hominum cujusque modi [[multitudo]], id. Off. 1, 39: Casino salutatum veniebant; [[admissus]] est [[nemo]], id. Phil. 2, 41, 105; Nep. Con. 3; id. Dat. 3; Suet. Aug. 79: spectatum admissi, Hor. A. P. 5: admittier orant, Verg. A. 9, 231: turpius eicitur [[quam]] non admittitur [[hospes]], Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13: vetuit ad eum quemquam admitti, Nep. Eum. 12; Curt. 4, 1, 25: promiscuis salutationibus admittebat et plebem, Suet. Aug. 52.—Metaph.: [[ante]] fores stantem dubitas admittere Famam, Mart. 1, 25.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of a [[harlot]]: ne quemquam [[interea]] [[alium]] admittat [[prorsus]] [[quam]] me ad se virum, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 83; Prop. 3, 20, 7.—Also of the [[breeding]] of animals, to [[put]] the [[male]] to the [[female]] (cf.: [[admissarius]], [[admissura]], [[admissus]]), Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 22; 3, 10, 3; Plin. 8, 43, 68 al.; cf. id. 10, 63, 83; Just. 1, 10; Col. 6, 37; 7, 2.—Also used of the [[female]] of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, and Non. 69, 85.—<br /> <b>3</b> Admittere aliquem ad [[consilium]], to [[admit]] one to [[counsel]] or [[consultation]]: nec ad [[consilium]] [[casus]] admittitur, Cic. Marc. 2, 7: horum in numerum [[nemo]] admittebatur [[nisi]] qui, etc., Nep. Lys. 1 Halm.—Hence: admittere aliquem ad honores, ad [[officium]], to [[admit]] him to, to [[confer]] on, Nep. Eum. 1; Suet. Caes. 41; Prop. 2, 34, 16; Sen. Herc. Oet. 335.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of a [[horse]], to [[let]] go or [[run]], to [[give]] [[loose]] [[reins]] to (cf.: remittere, immittere, [[less]] [[emphatic]] [[than]] concitare; usu. in the [[part]]. perf.): admisso equo in mediam aciem irruere, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61: equites admissis equis ad suos refugerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 34: Considius equo admisso ad eum accurrit, came at [[full]] [[speed]], id. B. G. 1, 22: in Postumium equum [[infestus]] admisit, Liv. 2, 19; so Ov. H. 1, 36; id. M. 6, 237.—Hence of the [[hair]], to [[let]] it [[flow]] [[loosely]]: admissae jubae, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 50 al.<br /><b>II</b> Fig.<br /> <b>A</b> Of words, entreaties, etc., to [[permit]] a [[thing]] to [[come]], to [[give]] [[access]] or [[grant]] [[admittance]], to [[receive]]: pacis mentionem admittere auribus, Liv. 34, 49; so 30, 3: [[nihil]] [[quod]] salutare esset, ad aurĭs admittebant, id. 25, 21: quo facilius aures judicum, quae [[post]] dicturi erimus, admittant, Quint. 4, 3, 10.—Hence also absol.: admittere precationem, to [[hear]], to [[grant]], Liv. 31, 5 Gron.; Sil. 4, 698: [[tunc]] admitte jocos, [[give]] [[admittance]] to jesting, i. e. [[allow]] it, Mart. 4, 8.—So also: aliquid ad animum, Liv. 7, 9: cogitationem, Lact. 6, 13, 8.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of an [[act]], [[event]], etc., to [[let]] it be done, to [[allow]], [[permit]] (“fieri pati,” [[Don]]. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23).—With acc. of [[thing]]: sed tu [[quod]] cavere possis stultum admittere est, Ter. l. c.: [[quod]] [[semel]] [[admissum]] coërceri non potest, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 4: non admittere litem, id. Clu. 116: aspicere ecquid jam [[mare]] admitteret, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 17: non admittere illicita, Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 20.—With subj. [[clause]]: hosti non admissuro, quo [[minus]] aggrederetur, Tac. H. 2, 40.—With acc. and inf.: non admisit quemquam se sequi, Vulg. Marc. 5, 37; so acc. of [[person]] [[alone]]: non admisit eum, ib. 5, 19.—Hence, in the [[language]] of soothsayers, t. t. of birds [[which]] [[give]] a favorable [[omen]], = addīco, to be [[propitious]], to [[favor]]: inpetritum, inauguratum'st, [[quovis]] admittunt aves, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11: ubi aves non admisissent, Liv. 1, 36, 6; id. 4, 18 al. ([[hence]]: ADMISSIVAE: aves, in Paul. ex Fest. p. 21. Müll.).—<br /> <b>C</b> Of an [[unlawful]] [[act]], [[design]], etc., to [[grant]] [[admittance]] to one's [[self]]; [[hence]], [[become]] guiliy of, to [[perpetrate]], to [[commit]] (it [[thus]] expresses [[rather]] the [[moral]] [[liability]] incurred [[freely]]; [[while]] committere designates the [[overt]] [[act]], [[punishable]] by [[civil]] [[law]], Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9; freq. and [[class]].), [[often]] [[with]] a reflexive pron., in me, etc. (acc.): me hoc [[delictum]] admisisse in me, [[vehementer]] dolet, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 48: ea in te admisisti quae, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47: tu [[nihil]] admittes in te formidine poenae, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 53: admittere in se culpam, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 61; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 40: scelera, quae in se admiserit, Lucil. 27, 5 Müll.: [[quid]] [[umquam]] Habitus in se admisit, ut, etc., Cic. Clu. 60, 167: [[quantum]] in se [[facinus]], Caes. B. G. 3, 9.—And [[without]] [[such]] reflexive pron.: cum multos [[multa]] admĭsse acceperim, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 4: [[quid]] ego [[tantum]] sceleris admisi [[miser]]? Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 83; so, si [[Milo]] admisisset aliquid, [[quod]], etc., Cic. Mil. 23 fin.: [[dedecus]], id. Verr. 1, 17: [[commissum]] [[facinus]] et [[admissum]] [[dedecus]] confitebor, id. Fam. 3, 10, 7: [[tantum]] [[dedecus]], Caes. B. G. 4, 25: si [[quod]] [[facinus]], id. ib. 6, 12: [[flagitium]], Cic. Clu. 128: fraudem, id. Rab. 126: [[maleficium]], id. Sext. Rosc. 62: [[scelus]], Nep. Ep. 6: [[facinus]] miserabile, Sall. J. 53, 7: pessimum [[facinus]] pejore [[exemplo]], Liv. 3, 72, 2: [[tantum]] dedccoris, id. 4, 2; so 2, 37; 3, 59 al. | ||
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|gf=<b>admittō</b>,⁸ mīsī, [[missum]], mittere, tr.,<br /> <b>I</b> faire aller vers ou laisser aller vers : in hostem equos Liv. 25, 19, 3, lancer les chevaux contre l’ennemi ; equo admisso Cic. Fin. 2, 61 ; Cæs. G. 1, 22, 2, à toute bride, à bride abattue ; admissi equi Ov. F. 4, 674, chevaux lancés || [d’où, poét.] : admisso passu Ov. M. 1, 532, d’un pas pressé, en pressant le pas ; admissæ jubæ Ov. Am. 2, 16, 50, crinière flottante (qu’on laisse aller librement) || [fig.] [[quod]] [[semel]] [[admissum]] coerceri reprimique [[non]] potest Cic. Fin. 1, 2, une chose qui, une fois qu’on l’a laissée aller, ne peut être maîtrisée et arrêtée.<br /> <b>II</b> laisser venir vers<br /><b>1</b> admettre, permettre l’accès : admissi auditique sunt Liv. 21, 10, 1, ils furent reçus en audience et entendus, cf. Cic. Q. 1, 1, 32 ; salutatum veniebant ; [[admissus]] [[est]] [[nemo]] Cic. Phil. 2, 105, on venait pour te saluer ; personne ne fut admis, cf. Verr. 2, 5, 93 ; Nep. Con. 3, 3 || domum ad se aliquem Nep. Timol. 1, 5, admettre qqn chez soi en sa présence ; in domum Cic. Off. 1, 139 ; in [[cubiculum]] Cic. Phil. 8, 29, admettre dans sa maison, dans sa chambre ; in [[castra]] Liv. 21, 10, 6, admettre dans le camp ; aliquem ad capsas Cic. Cæcil. 51, laisser qqn s’approcher des coffrets ; spectatum admissi Hor. P. 5, admis à voir<br /><b>2</b> admettre à une chose ; [avec ad ] : ad [[colloquium]] Cæs. C. 3, 57, 5, admettre à une entrevue ; ad fastos, ad commentarios pontificum Liv. 4, 3, 9, admettre à la connaissance des fastes et des livres des pontifes ; [avec in acc.] : in rapinam [[rei]] publicæ Sen. Ep. 14, 13, admettre (laisser participer) au pillage de l’état ; [avec le dat.] : [[admissus]] [[Jovis]] arcanis Hor. O. 1, 28, 9, admis aux secrètes pensées de Jupiter<br /><b>3</b> accoupler le mâle : [[Varro]] R. 2, 5, 14 ; 2, 8, 3, etc.; Just. 1, 10, 7<br /><b>4</b> admettre (laisser aller) qqch. : <b> a)</b> [avec ad ] : [[manus]] castas ad [[sacra]] Ov. F. 6, 290, n’admettre que des mains pures à son [[culte]] ; [[nihil]] [[non]] [[modo]] ad animum, [[sed]] ne ad aures [[quidem]] Liv. 25, 21, 7, ne laisser arriver aucun conseil [[non]] seulement à leur esprit, mais même à leurs oreilles [[non]] seulement ne pas suivre..., mais même ne pas écouter] || [avec in acc.] : lucem in thalamos Ov. Ars 3, 807, laisser la lumière pénétrer dans la chambre à coucher ; [[ira]] in animum admissa Sen. Ep. 85, 15, la colère admise dans l’âme || [avec dat.] : longæ barbæ mucronem cultri Juv. 14, 217, laisser le tranchant du rasoir entamer sa barbe longue || auribus [dat. ou abl. ?] Liv. 23, 13, 6 ; 23, 19, 15, [laisser arriver qqch. aux oreilles, ou admettre qqch. par l’ouïe] écouter ; <b> b)</b> accueillir : [[preces]] Tac. H. 4, 60, accueillir des prières ; solacia Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 16, 4, des consolations ; [[numquam]] [[ira]] admittenda Sen. Ira 2, 14, 1, on ne doit jamais admettre (donner accès en soi à) la colère<br /><b>5</b> in se [[aliquid]], se permettre qqch., perpétrer qqch. [au sens péjoratif] : in se [[facinus]] Cic. Mil. 103, commettre un crime, cf. Clu. 167 ; Cæs. C. 3, 9, 3 || [sans in se ] : [[scelus]] Cic. Q. 1, 3, 7 ; Nep. Epam. 6, 3 ; [[dedecus]] Cic. Amer. 111, commettre un crime, une action déshonorante ; [[aliquid]] [[scelerate]] in aliquem Liv. 40, 15, 9, se rendre coupable d’une action criminelle à l’égard de qqn<br /><b>6</b> admettre, permettre : sacellorum exaugurationes admittunt aves Liv. 1, 55, 3, les auspices permettent l’exauguration des chapelles ; abs<sup>t</sup>] aves admittunt, les auspices sont consentants : Liv. 1, 36, 6 ; 4, 18, 6 || quæstionem Traj. d. Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 82, 2, autoriser des poursuites || [[exemplum]] Tac. H. 1, 30, admettre un précédent ; [[non]] admittit [[hoc]] [[veritas]] Quint. 6, 1, 43, la réalité ne tolère pas cela.<br /> inf. pf. [[admisse]] Pl. Mil. 1287 ; inf. pass. admittier Virg. En. 9, 229. | |||
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ad-mitto: mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. (admĭsse
I sync. for admisisse, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 4: admittier arch. for admitti, as Verg. A. 9, 231), orig. to send to; hence with the access. idea of leave, permission (cf.: aditus, accessus), to suffer to come or go to a place, to admit.—Constr. with in and acc. (in and abl. is rare and doubtful), ad, or dat. (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: ad eam non admissa sum, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 41; so Eun. 2, 2, 50: quam multis custodibus opus erit, si te semel ad meas capsas admisero, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16: in cubiculum, id. Phil. 8, 10: lucem in thalamos, Ov. A. A. 3, 807: domum ad se filium, Nep. Tim. 1: plebem ad campestres exercitationes, Suet. Ner. 10: aliquem per fenestram, Petr. Sat. 79; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 605: admissis intra moenia hostibus, Flor. 1, 1.—
B Esp.
1 Of those who admitted one on account of some business; and under the emperors, for the purpose of salutation, to allow one admittance or access, to grant an audience (the t. t. for this; v. admissio, admissionalis; opp. excludere, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 10; Plin. Pan. 48; cf. Schwarz ad h. 1. 47, 3): nec quemquam admisit, admitted no one to his presence, Cic. Att. 13, 52: domus clari hominis, in quam admittenda hominum cujusque modi multitudo, id. Off. 1, 39: Casino salutatum veniebant; admissus est nemo, id. Phil. 2, 41, 105; Nep. Con. 3; id. Dat. 3; Suet. Aug. 79: spectatum admissi, Hor. A. P. 5: admittier orant, Verg. A. 9, 231: turpius eicitur quam non admittitur hospes, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13: vetuit ad eum quemquam admitti, Nep. Eum. 12; Curt. 4, 1, 25: promiscuis salutationibus admittebat et plebem, Suet. Aug. 52.—Metaph.: ante fores stantem dubitas admittere Famam, Mart. 1, 25.—
2 Of a harlot: ne quemquam interea alium admittat prorsus quam me ad se virum, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 83; Prop. 3, 20, 7.—Also of the breeding of animals, to put the male to the female (cf.: admissarius, admissura, admissus), Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 22; 3, 10, 3; Plin. 8, 43, 68 al.; cf. id. 10, 63, 83; Just. 1, 10; Col. 6, 37; 7, 2.—Also used of the female of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, and Non. 69, 85.—
3 Admittere aliquem ad consilium, to admit one to counsel or consultation: nec ad consilium casus admittitur, Cic. Marc. 2, 7: horum in numerum nemo admittebatur nisi qui, etc., Nep. Lys. 1 Halm.—Hence: admittere aliquem ad honores, ad officium, to admit him to, to confer on, Nep. Eum. 1; Suet. Caes. 41; Prop. 2, 34, 16; Sen. Herc. Oet. 335.—
4 Of a horse, to let go or run, to give loose reins to (cf.: remittere, immittere, less emphatic than concitare; usu. in the part. perf.): admisso equo in mediam aciem irruere, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61: equites admissis equis ad suos refugerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 34: Considius equo admisso ad eum accurrit, came at full speed, id. B. G. 1, 22: in Postumium equum infestus admisit, Liv. 2, 19; so Ov. H. 1, 36; id. M. 6, 237.—Hence of the hair, to let it flow loosely: admissae jubae, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 50 al.
II Fig.
A Of words, entreaties, etc., to permit a thing to come, to give access or grant admittance, to receive: pacis mentionem admittere auribus, Liv. 34, 49; so 30, 3: nihil quod salutare esset, ad aurĭs admittebant, id. 25, 21: quo facilius aures judicum, quae post dicturi erimus, admittant, Quint. 4, 3, 10.—Hence also absol.: admittere precationem, to hear, to grant, Liv. 31, 5 Gron.; Sil. 4, 698: tunc admitte jocos, give admittance to jesting, i. e. allow it, Mart. 4, 8.—So also: aliquid ad animum, Liv. 7, 9: cogitationem, Lact. 6, 13, 8.—
B Of an act, event, etc., to let it be done, to allow, permit (“fieri pati,” Don. ad Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23).—With acc. of thing: sed tu quod cavere possis stultum admittere est, Ter. l. c.: quod semel admissum coërceri non potest, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 4: non admittere litem, id. Clu. 116: aspicere ecquid jam mare admitteret, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 17: non admittere illicita, Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 20.—With subj. clause: hosti non admissuro, quo minus aggrederetur, Tac. H. 2, 40.—With acc. and inf.: non admisit quemquam se sequi, Vulg. Marc. 5, 37; so acc. of person alone: non admisit eum, ib. 5, 19.—Hence, in the language of soothsayers, t. t. of birds which give a favorable omen, = addīco, to be propitious, to favor: inpetritum, inauguratum'st, quovis admittunt aves, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11: ubi aves non admisissent, Liv. 1, 36, 6; id. 4, 18 al. (hence: ADMISSIVAE: aves, in Paul. ex Fest. p. 21. Müll.).—
C Of an unlawful act, design, etc., to grant admittance to one's self; hence, become guiliy of, to perpetrate, to commit (it thus expresses rather the moral liability incurred freely; while committere designates the overt act, punishable by civil law, Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 3, 9; freq. and class.), often with a reflexive pron., in me, etc. (acc.): me hoc delictum admisisse in me, vehementer dolet, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 48: ea in te admisisti quae, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47: tu nihil admittes in te formidine poenae, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 53: admittere in se culpam, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 61; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 40: scelera, quae in se admiserit, Lucil. 27, 5 Müll.: quid umquam Habitus in se admisit, ut, etc., Cic. Clu. 60, 167: quantum in se facinus, Caes. B. G. 3, 9.—And without such reflexive pron.: cum multos multa admĭsse acceperim, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 4: quid ego tantum sceleris admisi miser? Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 83; so, si Milo admisisset aliquid, quod, etc., Cic. Mil. 23 fin.: dedecus, id. Verr. 1, 17: commissum facinus et admissum dedecus confitebor, id. Fam. 3, 10, 7: tantum dedecus, Caes. B. G. 4, 25: si quod facinus, id. ib. 6, 12: flagitium, Cic. Clu. 128: fraudem, id. Rab. 126: maleficium, id. Sext. Rosc. 62: scelus, Nep. Ep. 6: facinus miserabile, Sall. J. 53, 7: pessimum facinus pejore exemplo, Liv. 3, 72, 2: tantum dedccoris, id. 4, 2; so 2, 37; 3, 59 al.
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admittō,⁸ mīsī, missum, mittere, tr.,
I faire aller vers ou laisser aller vers : in hostem equos Liv. 25, 19, 3, lancer les chevaux contre l’ennemi ; equo admisso Cic. Fin. 2, 61 ; Cæs. G. 1, 22, 2, à toute bride, à bride abattue ; admissi equi Ov. F. 4, 674, chevaux lancés
