intermitto

Latin

Etymology

From inter ("between") + mittō ("to send").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈmit.toː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈmɪt̪ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈmit.to/, [in̪t̪erˈmit̪ːo]

Verb

intermittō (present infinitive intermittere, perfect active intermīsī, supine intermissum); third conjugation

1. to interrupt
2. to stop (temporarily)
3. to omit
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.24:

     militesque hortaretur, ne quod omnino tempus ab opere intermitteretur

     And he encouraged the soldiers not to omit to work for a moment

Conjugation

Conjugation of intermittō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	intermittō	intermittis	intermittit	intermittimus	intermittitis	intermittunt
	imperfect	intermittēbam	intermittēbās	intermittēbat	intermittēbāmus	intermittēbātis	intermittēbant
	future	intermittam	intermittēs	intermittet	intermittēmus	intermittētis	intermittent
	perfect	intermīsī	intermīsistī	intermīsit	intermīsimus	intermīsistis	intermīsērunt, intermīsēre
	pluperfect	intermīseram	intermīserās	intermīserat	intermīserāmus	intermīserātis	intermīserant
	future perfect	intermīserō	intermīseris	intermīserit	intermīserimus	intermīseritis	intermīserint
passive	present	intermittor	intermitteris, intermittere	intermittitur	intermittimur	intermittiminī	intermittuntur
	imperfect	intermittēbar	intermittēbāris, intermittēbāre	intermittēbātur	intermittēbāmur	intermittēbāminī	intermittēbantur
	future	intermittar	intermittēris, intermittēre	intermittētur	intermittēmur	intermittēminī	intermittentur
	perfect	intermissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intermissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intermissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	intermittam	intermittās	intermittat	intermittāmus	intermittātis	intermittant
	imperfect	intermitterem	intermitterēs	intermitteret	intermitterēmus	intermitterētis	intermitterent
	perfect	intermīserim	intermīserīs	intermīserit	intermīserīmus	intermīserītis	intermīserint
	pluperfect	intermīsissem	intermīsissēs	intermīsisset	intermīsissēmus	intermīsissētis	intermīsissent
passive	present	intermittar	intermittāris, intermittāre	intermittātur	intermittāmur	intermittāminī	intermittantur
	imperfect	intermitterer	intermitterēris, intermitterēre	intermitterētur	intermitterēmur	intermitterēminī	intermitterentur
	perfect	intermissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intermissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	intermitte	—	—	intermittite	—
	future	—	intermittitō	intermittitō	—	intermittitōte	intermittuntō
passive	present	—	intermittere	—	—	intermittiminī	—
	future	—	intermittitor	intermittitor	—	—	intermittuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		intermittere	intermīsisse	intermissūrum esse	intermittī	intermissum esse	intermissum īrī
participles		intermittēns	—	intermissūrus	—	intermissus	intermittendus, intermittundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		intermittendī	intermittendō	intermittendum	intermittendō	intermissum	intermissū

Descendants

• English: intermit
• Italian: intermettere
• German: intermittieren
• Old French: entremetre
• Spanish: entremeterse
• Swedish: intermittera

References

• “intermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intermitto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intermitto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing: nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus)
    
  • to work without intermission: laborem non intermittere
    
  • not to leave off work for an instant: nullum tempus a labore intermittere
    
  • not to interrupt the march: iter non intermittere
    
  • to interrupt the battle: proelium intermittere