quit (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Let go free1. lībĕrātus2. sŏlūtus3. dīmissus and (verbal sense) dimitto, 34. exemptus5. impūnītus6. immūnis, e (q. of public duties and burthens)7. functus8. expr. by cărēre (to be rid of)9. other verbs for to make q.10. expr. by phrr.II. Hence, of persons who have balanced accounts and stand clear, usu. Fig. • quit (adj.): prop. the partic. of the above verb: I. Let go free: free from: 1. lībĕrātus: of a fever, febri, Plin. To make a person q., lībĕro, 1: of taxes and imposts: cf. vectigales multos ac stipendiarios liberavit, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5: v. to release: to exempt: to q. oneself of an engagement, lib. fidem (to keep one's word), Cic. Fl. 20, 47: of debts, nomina lib. (to settle), Liv. 7, 21: also reflect. with abl.: to q. a debt, lib. se aere alieno (to pay it), Cic. Att. 6, 2: (for an investment) to q. its outlay, impensam liberare, Col. 3, 3: v. to clear: to repay. To get q., expr. by pass. of this and foll. 2. sŏlūtus: with abl.: q. of any rent (or interest), sol. omni fenore, Hor. Epod. 2, 4: with gen.: cum famulis operum solutis (q. of their toils or tasks), id. Od. 3, 17, 16: verbal sense, solvo, 3: with obj. of thing or person: v. to pay: to discharge: to release: to redeem (as fidem solvisti, Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 19): reflect. to q. oneself of a promise, se fide solv., Val. Max. 7, 3, 5, extr.: to make any one q. of his debt, debito aliquem solvere, Sen.: absol., nor will I let the R. go q., (fig.), nec Rutulos solvo, Virg. Aen. 10, 111: to be q. of vows (by performing them), vota solv., Cic. Phil. 3, 4, fin.: formulae, V. S. L. M. (votum solvit libens merito), Inscr. Orell. no. 186: V. S. A. L. (votum solvit animo libente), ib. 2022. Join sol. ac liber I'll let him go q. of, etc., omne illud tempus habeat per me solutum ac liberum, Cic.: (of an evil) v. to deliver: free: (of a charge): solvo and comp. absolvo: absolūtus: v. to acquit. 3. dīmissus and (verbal sense) dimitto, 3: v. to discharge: to release: cf. dim. debitorem (to forgive him his debt, Ulp. Dig. 50, 9, 4: but d. creditorem, to pay him, Papin. ib. 31, 72): (of a captured enemy): he let A. go q., Attium incolumem dimisit, Caes. B. C. 1, 18: (with obj. of thing), dim. tributa alicui, Tac. H. 3, 55. Also rĕmitto: to q. (or make one q. of) a penalty, poenam alicui rem., Liv. 40, 10, fin.: to q. a fine, multam, Cic. Phil. 11, 8: v. to remit: I'll consider you q. of all that (colloq., we'll cry quits), Join: omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam, Cic. Verr. 5, 9: to q. the balance of an account or debt, id quod excedit rem., Paul. Dig.: to q. a person of a contribution, impendium (or impensam) rem., Inscr. 4. exemptus: and (v.) exĭmo, 3: with abl. and dat.: v. to exempt: to discharge: (esp. of accusation and punishment): cf. supplicio magis quam crimini exemptus est, Curt. 7, 1: aliquem sceleri, Val. Fl. 2, 256: poenae, Paul. Dig. 48, 10, 22, § 4: who had got q. of their bondage, qui servitute exempti fuerant, Liv. 34, 52, fin.. absol., nisi quod se quisque eximi voluerit (wished to go q.), Quint. 4, 2, 74. 5. impūnītus: to let an enemy or criminal go q., imp. dimittere: cf. majores nostri, ne quis divitiarum magis quam injuriae causa bellum inceptum diceret, impunitos eos (Rhodios) dimisere, Sall. C. 51: with obj. of thing: to q. a wrong, Join: injuriam inultam impunitamque dim., Cic. Verr. 5, 58, 149. Also impūnis, e (rare): the woman got off q., mulier impunis rediit, Sol. 27, med.: that I shall go q., impunem me fore, Apul. M. 3. p. 132: expr. by adv. impūnĕ: to go (or get off) q., imp. ferre, habere: cf. quum multos libros surripuisset, nec se impune laturum putavit, aufugit, Cic. Fam. 13, 77: d'ye flatter yourself y'll go q. for this! siquidem istuc impune habueris! Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 19: with abire: credin' te impune abiturum? id. Comp., with licere: to do ill and go q. male facere (mi) impunius licere, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 49. Note:--the Vulg. has innŏcens (not held answerable for damage): then shall he that smote him be q., innocens erit qui percusserit, Ex. xxi. 19: (of an ox goring a man) the owner of the ox shall be q., dominus bovis inn. erit, ib. 28: also mundus (discharged from the obligation of an oath: v. clear: free): we will be q. of thine oath, erimus mundi ab hoc juramento, Jos. ii. 20. 6. immūnis, e (q. of public duties and burthens): absol. of persons: to hold q. of tribute, immunes habere (opp. to vectigales habere), Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49: (of lands) q. of taxes, cf. qui agros immunes liberosque arant, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, 166: with gen., q. of customs, im. 0portoriorum, Liv. 38, 14: of an evil, im. mali, Ov. M. 8, 691: held q. of his father's crimes, im. delictorum paternorum, Vell. 2, 7: with ab: to make people q. of every burthen, ab omni onere immunes praestare, Suet. Claud. 25. Expr. by subs.: to make q., immunitatem (a tributis) offerre, Suet. Aug. 40. 7. functus: and (v.) fungor, 3 dep.: and comps.: v. to discharge: to perform: (i.) simple: with abl., to q. oneself of a vow, voto fungi, Just. 9, 2: rarely with acc.: (of a duty): Join: (quid) fungi ac sustinere velle, Cic. Verr. 3, 86, 199. (ii.) dēfunctus: with abl.: fatalibus malis, Suet. Ner. 40: poena, Liv. 2, 35: laboribus, Hor. Od. 3, 24, 15: of all danger, omni discrimine, Curt.: q. of (military) service, Fig. my lyre q. of the service (of love), defunctum bello barbiton, Hor. Od. 3, 26, 3: absol., now I am q. (i. e. safe), def. jam sum, Ter. Eun. prol. 15: if we could only get q. of the affair thus! utinam hoc sit modo defunctum! id. (iii.) perfunctus: absol., the jury, thinking themselves q. (their duty done), judices, quod se perfunctos jam esse arbitrantur, Cic. Clu. 41: I am now q. (of men's envy), jam p. sum, explevi animos invidorum, Auct. or. pro Dom. 17. 8. expr. by cărēre (to be rid of): with abl. and (in earlier poets) gen. and acc.: to be q. of blame, culpa c., Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 41: calumnia, Quint. 9, 4, 57: malis, Lucr. 2, 4: to get q. of a fever, febri c., Cic. Fam. 16, 15: cf. (poet. constr. inverted) caruitne febris te heri, Pl. Curc. 1, 1, 17. Join: carere et fungi: that, being q. of pain, etc., ut dolore careas, et muneribus fungare corporis, Cic. Am. 6, 22: v. rid. 9. other verbs for to make q.: lĕvo, 1: rĕlĕvo, 1: aliquem re: v. to relieve: condōno, 1: aliquid alicui: e. g. pecunias debitoribus c.: v. to forgive. 10. expr. by phrr.: e. g. many instances might be given; you shall be q. with one, multa exempla sunt; suffecerit unum, Plin. jun.: they did not even get q. with the loss of their booty, non praedam solum amittunt, sed, etc., Liv. II. Hence, of persons who have balanced accounts and stand clear, usu. Fig.: we are now quits! jam sumus pares, Mart. (hence, to cry q.s! = to leave off, as on even terms, eho! jam satis! Hor.): to q. accounts, parem rationem facere, Sen. Ep. 19, fin.: with any one, pares rationes cum aliquo habere, Tac.: hence Fig., to be q. with a person, to q. all scores, par pari referre, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55: par pari respondere, Pl. Truc. 5, 47: Cic. Att. 6, 1: to be q. towards a benefactor, gratiam rettulisse, Cic.: cum eo paria facere: cf. quum aliter beneficium detur, aliter reddatur, paria facere difficile est, Sen. Ben. 3, 9: this phr. in lit. sense: cum rationibus domini paria facere, Col. 1, 8, 13.