to forgive him the debt

dī-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With particular reference to the prep., to send different ways, to send apart, i. e.,

[p. 582] To send out or forth in different directions, to send about (class.).

With acc.:

Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,

Cic. Quint. 6, 2:

consules designatos circum provincias,

Suet. Aug. 64:

litteras circum municipia,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 1; cf.:

litteras circa praefectos,

Liv. 42, 51:

litteras per omnes provincias,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 4;

with which cf.: nuntios per agros,

id. B. G. 6, 31, 2:

librum per totam Italiam,

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2:

edicta per provincias,

Suet. Galb. 10:

certos per litora,

Verg. A. 1, 577 et saep.:

nuntios tota civitate Aeduorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:

nuntios in omnes partes,

id. ib. 4, 19, 2; 4, 34, 5; cf. ib. 5, 49, 8; and poet.:

aciem (i. e. oculos) in omnes partes,

Ov. M. 3, 381:

praefectos in finitimas civitates,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 3; cf.:

Manlium Faesulas,

Sall. C. 27 et saep.:

nuntios ad Centrones, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; so with ad, id. ib. 6, 34, 8; id. B. C. 1, 52 fin. al.:

legatos quoquoversus,

id. B. G. 3, 23, 2; 7, 4, 5; id. B. C. 1, 36, 2:

dimissos equites pabulandi causa,

id. ib. 1, 80, 3; cf.

equitatum,

id. B. G. 7, 71, 5:

omnem ab se equitatum,

id. ib. § 1.— Trop.:

animum ignotas in artes,

Ov. M. 8, 188, directs, applies (al. demittit).—

Without object acc.:

dimisit circum omnes propinquas regiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 6:

per provincias,

Liv. 29, 37: ad amicos, Cic. Tull. Fragm. § 22; cf.:

in omnes partis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 1.—

To separate a multitude, to break up, dissolve; and subjectively, to dismiss (from one's self), to discharge, disband:

senatu dimisso,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

senatum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65:

concilium,

id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Vatin. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 31; id. B. C. 1, 32, 4 et saep.; cf.

conventum,

Sall. C. 21 fin.: exercitum (a standing military t. t.; cf. Vell. 2, 52, 4), Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 6; 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

plures manus (with diducere, and opp. continere manipulos ad signa),

Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 5:

delectum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 15:

convivium,

to break up, Liv. 36, 29; Tac. A. 15, 30 et saep.

With particular reference to the verb, to send away either an individual or a body; to let go, discharge, dismiss, release.

Lit.:

aliquem ab se et amandare in ultimas terras,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; so,

aliquem ab se,

id. Fam. 13, 63; Nep. Att. 4, 2:

discedentem aliquem non sine magno dolore,

id. ib. 12, 18 fin.:

aliquos aequos placatosque,

id. Or. 10, 34; so,

aliquem incolumem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 4; 1, 23, 3:

ex custodia,

Liv. 23, 2, 14:

e carcere,

Just. 21, 1, 5:

impunitum,

Sall. C. 51, 5:

saucium ac fugatum,

Nep. Hann. 4:

neminem nisi victum,

id. ib. 3 et saep.; cf.:

aliquem ludos pessumos, i. e. pessime ludificatum,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 12:

uxorem,

i. e. to put her away, repudiate her, Suet. Aug. 63 al.:

Cossutia dimissa, quae desponsata fuerat, etc.,

id. Caes. 1:

sponsam intactam,

id. Aug. 62: cf.

also: aliquam e matrimonio,

Suet. Tib. 49; v. also under no. B.:

creditorem,

i. e. to pay him, Dig. 31, '72:

debitorem,

i. e. to forgive him the debt, ib. 50, 9, 4:

equos, in order to fight on foot,

Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Verg. A. 10, 366;

but also in order to flee,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69 fin.:

hostem ex manibus,

id. ib. 1, 64, 2; 3, 49, 2; cf.

also: Demosthenem (i. e. his orations) e manibus,

to put out of one's hands, to lay down, Cic. Or. 30; cf.:

istos sine ulla contumelia dimittamus,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64:

milites, in oppidum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2:

a turpissima suspicione,

to free, relieve, Petr. 13, 4.— Absol.:

dimittam, ut te velle video,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 106; Cic. de Or. 1, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 86 al. —

Transf., of inanimate objects:

eum locum, quem ceperant,

to abandon, desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:

Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 25, 4:

ripas,

id. B. G. 5, 18 fin.:

complura oppida,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5:

provinciam,

Liv. 40, 43:

captam Trojam,

Ov. M. 13, 226 et saep.:

fortunas morte,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.

patrimonium,

id. Caecin. 26 fin.:

speratam praedam ex manibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 1:

signa ex metu,

id. B. C. 3, 69 fin.; cf.

arma,

Sen. Ep. 66 fin.; Luc. 3, 367 et saep.— Esp.: dimissis manibus, with hands relaxed, i. e. in all haste:

ibi odos dimissis manibus in caelum volat,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; cf.:

dimissis pedibus,

id. ib. v. 54:

dimissis manibus fugere domum,

id. Ep. 3, 1, 16.—

Trop., to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake:

ista philosophia, quae nunc prope dimissa revocatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

rem saepius frustra tentatam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26 fin.:

exploratam victoriam,

id. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

oppugnationem,

id. ib. 7, 17, 4; id. B. C. 3, 73, 1:

occasionem rei bene gerendae,

id. B. G. 5, 57, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 72, 4; 3, 25, 4:

rei gerendae facultatem,

id. ib. 1, 28, 2;

3, 97, 1: omnem rei frumentariae spem,

id. ib. 1, 73, 1:

condiciones pacis,

id. ib. 1, 26, 2:

principatum,

id. B. G. 6, 12, 6:

tempus,

id. ib. 2, 21 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89:

suum jus (opp. retinere),

id. Balb. 13, 31:

vim suam,

id. Fam. 9, 12: libertatem; id. Planc. 34 fin.:

amicitias,

id. Lael. 21:

commemorationem nominis nostri,

id. Arch. 11 fin.:

quaestionem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 30:

curam,

id. Att. 14, 11; Tac. Or. 3:

praeterita, instantia, futura pari oblivione,

id. H. 3, 36:

matrimonia,

Suet. Calig. 25:

fugam,

Verg. A. 11, 706:

coeptum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 598:

cursus,

id. ib. 11, 446 et saep.:

tantam fortunam ex manibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37 fin.:

studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere, i. q. condonare,

to sacrifice to the good of the state, id. B. C. 3, 69, 3; cf.:

tributa alicui,

i. e. to remit, Tac. H. 3, 55:

laudibus nomen alicujus in longum aevum,

to transmit, Luc. 1, 448:

dimissum quod nescitur, non amittitur,

is foregone, not lost, Pub. Syr. 138 (Rib.).

dōno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [donum].

To give one something as a present; to present, [p. 611] bestow; to grant, vouchsafe, confer (freq. and class.).

In gen.

Prop.:

donavi ei, quae voluit, quae postulavit: te quoque ei dono dedi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 5; cf. id. Poen. 2, 23:

non pauca suis adjutoribus large effuseque donabat,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.:

munera ista civibus tuis,

id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

praedam militibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.:

catenam ex voto Laribus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 65 et saep.:

alicui non unius diei gratulationem, sed aeternitatem immortalitatemque,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

studiis temporum velut subseciva,

Quint. 1, 12, 13:

alicui gaudia,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 27:

(cadus) Spes donare novas largus,

id. ib. 4, 12, 19:

uxorem cum dote fidemque, etc., regina pecunia donat,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 37:

(aurae) Omnia (mandata) discerpunt et nubibus irrita donant,

Verg. A. 9, 313 et saep.—

With inf. ( poet.):

huic loricam Donat habere viro,

Verg. A. 5, 262 (acc. to the Gr. dôken hippon agein, Hom. Il. 23, 612); so id. ib. 10, 701:

frui paratis,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 18:

divinare magnus mihi donat Apollo,

id. S. 2, 5, 60.—

With ut and subj. ( poet.):

Calliope, nostro donate labori, nota parum ut facta tradantur, etc.,

Sil. 12, 390. —

Trop., to give up, sacrifice (cf. condono):

amicitias rei publicae,

Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2; so,

iram patriae,

Sil. 15, 603.—

In partic., to remit, forgive a debt, obligation, or penalty.

Lit.:

mercedes habitationum annuas conductoribus donavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1:

causam illi,

Just. 32, 2, 4: legem, i. e. actionem lege datam, to give up, resign, Petr. poët. 18, 6;

for which, negotium (with componere),

Suet. Calig. 40. —

Trop. for the more usual condonare, to forgive, pardon an offence or him that committed it, for another's sake (so perhaps not ante-Aug.):

culpa gravis precibus donatur saepe suorum,

Ov. Pont. 2, 7, 51:

noxae damnatus donatur populo Romano, donatur tribuniciae potestati,

Liv. 8, 35; cf. id. 2, 35, 5 Drak.:

patrem filio,

Just. 32, 2, 5:

victum memoriae patris,

id. 38, 6; Flor. 3, 5, 10 Duker.

Aliquem (aliquā re), to present one with any thing (class. and very freq.):

donis plurimis donatus,

Plaut. Am. prol. 137; cf. id. Stich. 5, 2, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 53 fin.:

aliquem paterā,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 131; 134; 139:

aliquem anulo aureo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80:

aliquem civitate,

id. Arch. 3, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 47, 4:

aliquem laureā Apollinari,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

meritos in proeliis more militiae donat,

Sall. J. 54, 1; cf.: donatus atque laudatus magnifice pro contione, id. ib 8, 2 et saep.— Absol.: gaudent, currunt, celebrant, donant, tenent, Att. ap. Non. 317, 15 (Trag. Fragm. p. 193, ed. Rib.).—

Ante-class.: aliquem aliquid;

egon te pro hoc nuntio quid donem?

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 9. —(But in Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6 the right reading seems to be: fata docet fari, not fari donavit, v. Vahl. Enn. p. 7).