compromitto
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom con- (“with”) + prōmittō (“send forth, promise”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kom.proːˈmit.toː/, [kɔmproːˈmɪt̪ːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.proˈmit.to/, [komproˈmit̪ːo]
Verb
editcomprōmittō (present infinitive comprōmittere, perfect active comprōmīsī, supine comprōmissum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to compromise
Conjugation
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: comprometre
- English: compromit, compromise
- French: compromettre
- Galician: comprometer
- Italian: compromettere
- Romanian: compromite
- Sicilian: cumprumèttiri
- Spanish: comprometer
- Portuguese: comprometer
References
edit- “compromitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compromitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compromitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.