permit Copy link Outline 1. sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3 (to allow, suffer)2. permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to grant powers for doing something)3. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (usu. denoting an act of grace4. expr. one is p.'d, by licet, fas est • permit: 1. sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3 (to allow, suffer): usu. foll. by infin.; also, esp. when in imperat. mood, by subj., mostly without ut: they do not p. wine to be imported to them, vinum ad se importari non sinunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 2: he would not p. the comitia to be held, se comitia haberi non siturum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, fin.: p. me to clear myself, sine me expurgem, Ter. Andr. 5, 3, 29. Also absol.: I will not brook it, will not suffer it, will not p. it, non feram, non patiar, non sinam, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10. 2. permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to grant powers for doing something): for constr. v. permission (i.). Phr.: if one is p.'d to conjecture, si conjectare permittitur, Plin. 4, 14, 28: on being p.'d, permisso (abl. absol. impers.): Liv. 34, 31, init. 3. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (usu. denoting an act of grace: v. to concede, grant): also in gen. sense, esp. as pass. impers.: they are not p.'d to speak on public affairs, de republica loqui non conceditur, Caes. B. G. 6, 20: Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12. 4. expr. one is p.'d, by licet, fas est: v. lawful. Phr.: if I may be p.'d to say so, bona tua venia dixerim: v. leave, subs. (fin.).