submissus (summ-)

    submissus (summ-) adj. with comp.    [P. of submitto], let down, lowered, low: stantibus primis, secundis summissioribus, stooping lower, L.: Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postīs, O.—Fig., of speech, low, soft, gentle, calm, composed, moderate: dicere summissā (voce) leniter: forma summissi oratoris.—Of character, humble, submissive: Submissi petimus terram, V.— Low, mean, grovelling, abject: ne quid submissum faciamus.

    submissē (summ-) adv. with comp.    [submissus].—Of manner, softly, gently, calmly, modestly: dicere: ornamentis uti summissius.—Of character, modestly, humbly, submissively: mihi supplicare: agere, O.: se gerere submissius.