Admissus

Admissus is a Latin participle and adjective formed from the verb admittere, meaning to admit or let in. In English-language discussions of Latin, admissus is typically rendered as “admitted” or “admitted to,” and it denotes something that has received approval or permission to enter, join, or participate. The word also exists in feminine and neuter forms, commonly given as admissus (masculine), admissa (feminine), and admissum (neuter), and it declines as a standard first/second-declension adjective in Latin.

In classical, medieval, and ecclesiastical Latin, admissus is used to describe status or condition rather than a tangible object. It can refer to a person who has been admitted into a group, a jurisdiction, a college, or a council, or to an action or document that has been formally approved or granted permission. Because it is a participle, admissus may function adjectivally or be used substantively in Latin texts.

The term is most often encountered in scholarly apparatus, critical editions, and translations of Latin sources. It is closely related to the noun admissio (admission) and to English derivatives such as admission, admissibility, and admissible, which derive from the same Latin root. While admissus itself is primarily of historical and linguistic interest, it helps illuminate how Latin expresses permission, entry, and status within institutions and formal procedures.

See also: admissio, admittō, admissible, admission, admissibility.