threw into some sickness

immitto ( inm-), īsi, issum, 3 ( perf. sync. immisti, Sil. 17, 354), v. a. [in-mitto], to send or let into a place, to introduce, admit, to send or despatch against, to let loose at, discharge at, to cast or throw into (freq. and class.; cf. intromitto, induco, introduco).

Lit.

In gen.:

servos ad spoliandum fanum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

id. Att. 14, 10, 1; id. Sest. 36, 78:

magna vis hominum simul immissa,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 4:

armaturam levem in stationes,

Liv. 40, 48, 2; 21, 8, 8:

corpus in undas,

Ov. H. 2, 133:

artificem mediis flammis,

id. M. 6, 615:

completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

let loose, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, 2; so ib. § 5; cf.:

navem in terram,

Liv. 30, 25, 8: repente equum immisi ad eam legionem, urged, spurred, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

pila in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

tela,

id. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

telum ex manu,

Dig. 9, 2, 52:

canalibus aqua immissa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

Dig. 39, 3, 3:

cloacam privatam in publicum,

ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

puram aquam in alvum,

Cels. 2, 12:

haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

had driven into, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

bipedales trabes,

id. ib. §

6: tigna (in parietem),

Dig. 8, 5, 8; 43, 25, 3:

coronam caelo,

hurls it to the sky, Ov. M. 8, 179:

lentum filis immittitur aurum,

is inserted, interwoven, id. ib. 6, 68:

circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

put on, put around, Petr. 32, 2:

dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

let loose, swiftly driven, Prop. 3, 9, 58; cf.:

immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

habenas,

id. ib. 5, 662; Ov. M. 1, 280; cf.

rudentes,

let go, let loose, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 5:

Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

threw himself, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Liv. 9, 4, 10:

se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

immisit in armatas hostium copias,

id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf. Tac. A. 3, 16:

immissis qui monerent,

id. ib. 4, 54:

Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

id. ib. 11, 1:

ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

Just. 32, 2:

invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —

To let grow unrestrained or wild:

ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

grown together, interwoven, Liv. 40, 22, 3: penitus immissis radicibus niti, deeply planted or sunk, Quint. 1, 3, 5: barba immissa et intonso capillo, etc., overgrown, hanging down, Sisenn. ap. Non. 130, 8; so,

barba immissa,

Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

immissi capilli,

Ov. F. 1, 503; id. M. 5, 338; 6, 168; cf.

, in a Greek construction: Phleias immissus patrios de vertice crines,

Val. Fl. 1, 412.—

To ingraft:

trunci resecantur, et... deinde feraces plantae immittuntur,

Verg. G. 2, 80.—

Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—

Trop.:

aliquid in aures,

to listen to, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 14; but without in:

ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 16: verba suis immittere figuris, to accommodate its modes of thought to the words, Manil. 1, 24:

jactam et immissam a te nefariam in me injuriam semper duxi,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

hic corrector in eo ipso loco, quo reprehendit, immittit imprudens ipse senarium,

lets escape him, id. Or. 56, 190:

si nihil extrinsecus accidit, quod corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem immitteret,

threw into some sickness, Dig. 1, 21, 14, § 2:

immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

instilled, infused, Verg. A. 9, 719:

vires alicui,

Val. Fl. 7, 353:

amorem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.

immitto ( inm-), īsi, issum, 3 ( perf. sync. immisti, Sil. 17, 354), v. a. [in-mitto], to send or let into a place, to introduce, admit, to send or despatch against, to let loose at, discharge at, to cast or throw into (freq. and class.; cf. intromitto, induco, introduco).

Lit.

In gen.:

servos ad spoliandum fanum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

id. Att. 14, 10, 1; id. Sest. 36, 78:

magna vis hominum simul immissa,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 4:

armaturam levem in stationes,

Liv. 40, 48, 2; 21, 8, 8:

corpus in undas,

Ov. H. 2, 133:

artificem mediis flammis,

id. M. 6, 615:

completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

let loose, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, 2; so ib. § 5; cf.:

navem in terram,

Liv. 30, 25, 8: repente equum immisi ad eam legionem, urged, spurred, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

pila in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

tela,

id. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

telum ex manu,

Dig. 9, 2, 52:

canalibus aqua immissa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

Dig. 39, 3, 3:

cloacam privatam in publicum,

ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

puram aquam in alvum,

Cels. 2, 12:

haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

had driven into, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

bipedales trabes,

id. ib. §

6: tigna (in parietem),

Dig. 8, 5, 8; 43, 25, 3:

coronam caelo,

hurls it to the sky, Ov. M. 8, 179:

lentum filis immittitur aurum,

is inserted, interwoven, id. ib. 6, 68:

circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

put on, put around, Petr. 32, 2:

dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

let loose, swiftly driven, Prop. 3, 9, 58; cf.:

immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

habenas,

id. ib. 5, 662; Ov. M. 1, 280; cf.

rudentes,

let go, let loose, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 5:

Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

threw himself, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Liv. 9, 4, 10:

se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

immisit in armatas hostium copias,

id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf. Tac. A. 3, 16:

immissis qui monerent,

id. ib. 4, 54:

Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

id. ib. 11, 1:

ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

Just. 32, 2:

invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —

To let grow unrestrained or wild:

ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

grown together, interwoven, Liv. 40, 22, 3: penitus immissis radicibus niti, deeply planted or sunk, Quint. 1, 3, 5: barba immissa et intonso capillo, etc., overgrown, hanging down, Sisenn. ap. Non. 130, 8; so,

barba immissa,

Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

immissi capilli,

Ov. F. 1, 503; id. M. 5, 338; 6, 168; cf.

, in a Greek construction: Phleias immissus patrios de vertice crines,

Val. Fl. 1, 412.—

To ingraft:

trunci resecantur, et... deinde feraces plantae immittuntur,

Verg. G. 2, 80.—

Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—

Trop.:

aliquid in aures,

to listen to, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 14; but without in:

ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 16: verba suis immittere figuris, to accommodate its modes of thought to the words, Manil. 1, 24:

jactam et immissam a te nefariam in me injuriam semper duxi,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

hic corrector in eo ipso loco, quo reprehendit, immittit imprudens ipse senarium,

lets escape him, id. Or. 56, 190:

si nihil extrinsecus accidit, quod corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem immitteret,

threw into some sickness, Dig. 1, 21, 14, § 2:

immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

instilled, infused, Verg. A. 9, 719:

vires alicui,

Val. Fl. 7, 353:

amorem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.