committo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mittō (“to send”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈmɪt.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈmit̪.t̪o]

Verb

committō (present infinitive committere, perfect active commīsī, supine commissum); third conjugation

to join together, unite, connect, put together
Synonyms: contribuō, cōnectō, cōnserō, congerō, contrahō, convehō, cōnferō
to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime
Synonyms: offendō, dēlinquō, lābor, errō
to begin
Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, exorior, mōlior

Antonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō
to carry on
to commence a battle, fight
Synonyms: repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, serō, dēcertō
to give, entrust, commit to, give up or resign to, trust
Synonyms: dēmandō, tribuō, trādō, reddō, dō, remittō, impertiō, addīcō, dēferō
- 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 609–610:
  PAMPHILUS: Servōne fortūnās meās mē commīsisse fūtilī? / Ergō pretium ob stultitiam ferō. Sed inultum numquam id auferet!
  PAMPHILUS: Was it not [unwise] for me to have entrusted my fortunes to a worthless slave? Therefore, I’m paying the price for my own foolishness. But he will never get off unpunished!

Conjugation

Conjugation of committō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	committō	committis		committit	committimus	committitis		committunt
	imperfect	committēbam	committēbās		committēbat	committēbāmus	committēbātis		committēbant
	future	committam	committēs		committet	committēmus	committētis		committent
	perfect	commīsī	commīsistī		commīsit	commīsimus	commīsistis		commīsērunt, commīsēre
	pluperfect	commīseram	commīserās		commīserat	commīserāmus	commīserātis		commīserant
	future perfect	commīserō	commīseris		commīserit	commīserimus	commīseritis		commīserint
passive	present	committor	committeris, committere		committitur	committimur	committiminī		committuntur
	imperfect	committēbar	committēbāris, committēbāre		committēbātur	committēbāmur	committēbāminī		committēbantur
	future	committar	committēris, committēre		committētur	committēmur	committēminī		committentur
	perfect	commissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	commissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	commissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	committam	committās		committat	committāmus	committātis		committant
	imperfect	committerem	committerēs		committeret	committerēmus	committerētis		committerent
	perfect	commīserim	commīserīs		commīserit	commīserīmus	commīserītis		commīserint
	pluperfect	commīsissem	commīsissēs		commīsisset	commīsissēmus	commīsissētis		commīsissent
passive	present	committar	committāris, committāre		committātur	committāmur	committāminī		committantur
	imperfect	committerer	committerēris, committerēre		committerētur	committerēmur	committerēminī		committerentur
	perfect	commissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	commissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	committe		—	—	committite		—
active	future	—	committitō		committitō	—	committitōte		committuntō
passive	present	—	committere		—	—	committiminī		—
passive	future	—	committitor		committitor	—	—		committuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		committere		committī		committēns		—
future		commissūrum esse		commissum īrī		commissūrus		committendus, committundus
perfect		commīsisse		commissum esse		—		commissus
future perfect		—		commissum fore		—		—
perfect potential		commissūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		committendī	committendō		committendum	committendō	commissum		commissū

Descendants

Catalan: cometre
→ French: commettre
Friulian: cometi
Italian: commettere
Old Galician-Portuguese: cometer
- Portuguese: cometer
⇒ Romanian: încumeta
→ comite
Sicilian: cummèttiri
Spanish: cometer
→ Middle English: committen, comettyn, committe, commytt, commytte, commytten
- English: commit
  - → German: committen

References

“committo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“committo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“committo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set out on a journey: viae se committere
- to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
- to entrust a thing to a person's good faith: committere aliquid alicui or alicuius fidei
- to put oneself entirely in some one's hands: totum se committere, tradere alicui
- to commit crime: scelus facere, committere
- to do a criminal deed: facinus facere, committere
- to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
- to commit some blameworthy action: culpam committere, contrahere
- to take care not to..: non committere, ut...
- (1) to begin the battle, (2) to give battle: proelium committere
committo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016