ad-mittō mīsī, missus, ere (admittier, old for admitti, V.), to send to, let go, let loose, let come, admit, give access: te ad meas capsas admisero: domum ad se filium, N.: Iovis arcanis Minos admissus, H.

— Esp., to give access, grant an audience, admit, receive: domus in quam admittenda multitudo: admissus est nemo: spectatum admissi, H.: vetuit quemquam ad eum admitti, N.

—Alqm ad consilium, to take into conference, consult: neque ad consilium casus admittitur.

— In numerum alqm, to enroll among: horum in numerum nemo admittebatur nisi qui, etc., N.

—Alqm ad officium, to admit to: nemo ad id officium admittitur, nisi, etc., N.

—Of a horse, to let go, give reins: admisso equo inruere: equo admisso accurrit, at full speed, Cs.: per colla admissa volvitur, i. e. over the neck of the galloping steed, O.: admisso passu, with quickened pace, O.: ubi se admiserat unda, had gathered force, O.

—Fig., of words or thoughts, to let come, grant admittance, receive: nec ... ad animum admittebat (with acc. and inf.), did not entertain the notion, L.: animi nihil auribus (abl.) admittebant, L.: si placidi rationem admittitis, hear calmly, Iu.

—Of an act or event, to let be done, allow, permit: sed tu quod cavere possis stultum admittere est, T.: non admittere litem.

—Hence, of birds which give a favorable omen, to be propitious, favor: ubi aves non admisissent, L.

—Of an unlawful act, to incur the blame of, become guilty of, perpetrate, commit: ea in te admisisti quae, etc.: Tu nihil admittes in te formidine poenae, H.: quantum in se facinus, Cs.: dedecus: flagitium: pessimum facinus peiore exemplo, L.