promittere

promittere is a Latin form of promitto, meaning “promise”. It is the 2nd person singular future passive indicative or 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 66 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.12: … vissent legationes quae contra istum dicerent, minari si qui essent profecti, aliis si laudarent benignissime promittere, gravissimos privatarum rerum testis, quibus nos praesentibus denuntiavimus, eos vi custodiisque retinere.

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 2.14.15: Quid ergo? Utique erit tutus, qui hoc propositum sequetur? Promittere tibi hoc non magis possum quam in homine temperanti bonam valitudinem, et tamen facit temperantia bonam valit …

All forms of promitto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.