permissus

Permissus is a Latin adjective and the perfect passive participle of the verb permittere, meaning to allow or permit. In Latin, it conveys the idea of something that has been allowed or sanctioned and agrees with the noun it modifies: permissus (masculine), permissa (feminine), permissum (neuter). As a participle, it appears in passive constructions, for example hoc permissum est meaning “this has been permitted,” or ab imperatore permissus est meaning “he was permitted by the emperor.” The related noun permissio denotes permission or license.

Etymology and morphology: permissus comes from the prefix per- plus mittere (to send), in the sense of a sanction or authorization transmitted through a channel or authority. The form illustrates the standard Latin pattern for perfect passive participles with -tus, -ta, -tum.

Usage in Latin texts: In classical Latin, permissus occurs in legal, administrative, and narrative contexts to indicate that an action or access has been granted by authority. It is commonly found in combination with forms of esse (to be) or with agents expressed by a, ab, or postpositive prepositions to mark who granted the permission.

Modern relevance: The term is primarily of scholarly interest within Latin grammar and philology. In English, the participle permissus is rarely used directly; related semantic fields survive through permit, permission, permissio, and derivatives such as permissive, rather than through the participle itself.

See also: permittere, permissio, permissive, permission.