I.v. infra; and ante-class. manu emitto , v. emitto, I. B.), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. 1. manus-mitto, to release from one's power (manus), to set at liberty, to enfranchise, emancipate, make free a slave (v. manumissio): “quos (servos) nisi manumisisset,” Cic. Mil. 22, 58: “sunt servi de cognatorum sententiā manumissi,” id. Cael. 29, 68; id. Fam. 13, 77, 3: “testamento manumissi,” Tac. A. 13, 32: “quos proxime inter amicos manumisisti,” Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4.—Separated by other words: “orabo, ut manu me mittat,” Plaut. Aul. 5, 4: “manu vero cur miserit?” Cic. Mil. 22, 57: “manu non mittere,” Liv. 41, 9, 11 fin.
mănūmitto (also as two words,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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