compromitto

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Latin prōmittō

Latin comprōmittō

From con- (“with”) + prōmittō (“send forth, promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔm.proːˈmɪt.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kom.proˈmit.to]

Verb

comprōmittō (present infinitive comprōmittere, perfect active comprōmīsī, supine comprōmissum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to compromise

Conjugation

   Conjugation of comprōmittō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comprōmittō		comprōmittis		comprōmittit		comprōmittimus		comprōmittitis		comprōmittunt
	imperfect	comprōmittēbam		comprōmittēbās		comprōmittēbat		comprōmittēbāmus		comprōmittēbātis		comprōmittēbant
	future	comprōmittam		comprōmittēs		comprōmittet		comprōmittēmus		comprōmittētis		comprōmittent
	perfect	comprōmīsī		comprōmīsistī		comprōmīsit		comprōmīsimus		comprōmīsistis		comprōmīsērunt, comprōmīsēre
	pluperfect	comprōmīseram		comprōmīserās		comprōmīserat		comprōmīserāmus		comprōmīserātis		comprōmīserant
	future perfect	comprōmīserō		comprōmīseris		comprōmīserit		comprōmīserimus		comprōmīseritis		comprōmīserint
passive	present	comprōmittor		comprōmitteris, comprōmittere		comprōmittitur		comprōmittimur		comprōmittiminī		comprōmittuntur
	imperfect	comprōmittēbar		comprōmittēbāris, comprōmittēbāre		comprōmittēbātur		comprōmittēbāmur		comprōmittēbāminī		comprōmittēbantur
	future	comprōmittar		comprōmittēris, comprōmittēre		comprōmittētur		comprōmittēmur		comprōmittēminī		comprōmittentur
	perfect	comprōmissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	comprōmissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	comprōmissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comprōmittam		comprōmittās		comprōmittat		comprōmittāmus		comprōmittātis		comprōmittant
	imperfect	comprōmitterem		comprōmitterēs		comprōmitteret		comprōmitterēmus		comprōmitterētis		comprōmitterent
	perfect	comprōmīserim		comprōmīserīs		comprōmīserit		comprōmīserīmus		comprōmīserītis		comprōmīserint
	pluperfect	comprōmīsissem		comprōmīsissēs		comprōmīsisset		comprōmīsissēmus		comprōmīsissētis		comprōmīsissent
passive	present	comprōmittar		comprōmittāris, comprōmittāre		comprōmittātur		comprōmittāmur		comprōmittāminī		comprōmittantur
	imperfect	comprōmitterer		comprōmitterēris, comprōmitterēre		comprōmitterētur		comprōmitterēmur		comprōmitterēminī		comprōmitterentur
	perfect	comprōmissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	comprōmissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		comprōmitte		—		—		comprōmittite		—
	future	—		comprōmittitō		comprōmittitō		—		comprōmittitōte		comprōmittuntō
passive	present	—		comprōmittere		—		—		comprōmittiminī		—
	future	—		comprōmittitor		comprōmittitor		—		—		comprōmittuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		comprōmittere			comprōmittī			comprōmittēns			—
future		comprōmissūrum esse			comprōmissum īrī			comprōmissūrus			comprōmittendus, comprōmittundus
perfect		comprōmīsisse			comprōmissum esse			—			comprōmissus
future perfect		—			comprōmissum fore			—			—
perfect potential		comprōmissūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		comprōmittendī		comprōmittendō		comprōmittendum		comprōmittendō		comprōmissum		comprōmissū

Descendants

• Catalan: comprometre
• English: compromit, compromise
• French: compromettre
• Galician: comprometer
• Italian: compromettere
• Romanian: compromite
• Sicilian: cumprumèttiri
• Spanish: comprometer
• Portuguese: comprometer

References

• “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.