mittere

Mittere is a Latin verb of the third conjugation meaning to send, dispatch, throw, or release. It covers sending a person or object, as well as figurative senses such as sending forth a signal, releasing someone from custody, or remitting a payment. In classical Latin it is also used in phrases for entrusting or delegating a task, and in diplomatic or legal contexts for sending envoys or officials.

Its principal parts are mitto, mittere, misi, missum, from which its conjugation is developed. In the present indicative the forms are mitto, mittis, mittit, mittimus, mittitis, mittunt; the imperfect is mittebam, mittebas, mittebat, mittebamus, mittebatis, mittebant; the future is mittam, mittēs, mittet, mittēmus, mittētis, mittent. The perfect is misi, misistī, misit, misimus, misistis, misērunt (alternate spellings such as miserunt occur in some texts); the pluperfect is miseram, miseras, miserat, miseramus, miseratis, miserant. The supine is missum, and the passive forms include mitor, mitteris, mittitur, mittimur, mittimini, mittuntur.

Usage extends to compounds and derivatives such as emitt- and remitt- (emittere, remittere). English derivatives include transmit, remit, submit, admit, mission, and emission, all traceable to the same root. The noun missio denotes a sending or mission, while missus appears as a participial form in various compounds. The verb appears frequently in classical authors across military, legal, and diplomatic contexts, and remains a standard example of the Latin third conjugation.