promissio
From LSJ
Ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → Male eruditur ille, qui non vapulat → nicht recht erzogen wird ein nicht geschundner Mensch
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōmissĭo: ōnis f. promitto.
I In gen., a promising, promise (class. only in sing.; prop. the act of promising; cf. promissum, the thing promised): provinciae, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 4: auxilii, id. Fam. 4, 13, 1: scelerum, id. Phil. 8, 3, 10; cf. Don. Ter. And. 2, 3, 27.—
II In partic., rhet. t. t., a promising: tum promissio, si audierint, probaturos, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339; 3, 53, 205.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōmissĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (promitto), promesse : Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 1 || [fig. de rhét.] : Cic. de Or. 3, 205.
