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.).
PERMIT Copy link • PERMITTo allow, concedere (mostly on being entreated; opposed to repugnare): permittere (opposed to vetare): largiri (from kindness or complaisance): facultatem dare, or potestatem facere alicujus rei: permittere licentiam, ut, etc. (to put it in anybody’s power to do it): alicujus rei veniam dare, or dare hanc veniam, ut, etc. (to show indulgence in anything): It is permitted, concessum est (general term): licet (is permitted by human law, positive, customary, or traditional). (The words are found in this connection and order.) licitum concessumque est: fas est (by divine law, including the law of conscience). (The words are found in this connection and order.) jus fasque est. As far as the laws permit, quoad per leges liceat (or licitum est, for present time). To suffer, sinere, pati, ferre, etc. Vid: SUFFER.