manumitto: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>mănūmitto</b>: (also as [[two]] words,<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]; and [[ante]]-[[class]]. manu [[emitto]], v. [[emitto]], I. B.), mīsi, [[missum]], 3, v. a. 1. [[manus]]-[[mitto]], to [[release]] from one's [[power]] ([[manus]]), to [[set]] at [[liberty]], to [[enfranchise]], [[emancipate]], [[make]] [[free]] a [[slave]] (v. [[manumissio]]): quos (servos) [[nisi]] manumisisset, Cic. Mil. 22, 58: sunt servi de cognatorum sententiā manumissi, id. Cael. 29, 68; id. Fam. 13, 77, 3: testamento manumissi, Tac. A. 13, 32: quos [[proxime]] [[inter]] amicos manumisisti, Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4.—Separated by [[other]] words: orabo, ut manu me mittat, Plaut. Aul. 5, 4: manu [[vero]] [[cur]] miserit? Cic. Mil. 22, 57: manu non mittere, Liv. 41, 9, 11 fin.>