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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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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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|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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