admit Copy link Outline I. To allow to enter1. admitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with in or ad and acc.)2. rĕcĭpĭo, 33. rĕcepto, 1 (to a. often)4. accĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 35. ascisco, scīvi, scītum, 3II. To admit of, allowIII. To receive as true or valid1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre2. nosco, nōvi, notum, 3 • admit: I. To allow to enter: 1. admitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with in or ad and acc.): to admit an ambassador into one's bed-room, legatum in cubiculum a., Cic. Fig.: we are not a.'d (to examine) the fasti, ad fastos non admittimur, Liv.: the mention of peace must not be a.'d to our ears, pacis mentio auribus admittenda non est, Liv. 2. rĕcĭpĭo, 3: I am shut out, he is a.'d., ego excludor, ille recipitur, Ter.: to a. anyone into one's territories, aliquem finibus suis r., Caes.: to a. a person to one's house, hominem domum suam r., Cic.: to a. anyone to banquets, aliquem ad epulas r., Cic. Fig.: to a. Tarquin into the state, Tarquinium in civitatem r., Cic.: to a. a person to one's friendship, hominem in amicitiam r., Sall. 3. rĕcepto, 1 (to a. often): to a. traders, mercatores r., Liv. 4. accĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to a. water (of a ship), a. imbrem, Virg. Fig.: a.'d to the rights of citizenship, in civitatem accepti, Liv.: Cic. 5. ascisco, scīvi, scītum, 3: (fig.): they were at the same time a.'d into the state and into the senate, simul in civitatem et patres asciti sunt, Liv.: few were a.'d to a knowledge of the crime, in conscientiam facinoris pauci asciti, Tac. II. To admit of, allow: rĕcĭpĭo, 3: the affair now a.ing no further delay, re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem, Liv.: neither does virtue a. of inconstancy, nor nature of fickleness, nec inconstantiam virtus r., nec varietatem natura, Cic.: fear does not a. of pity, timor misericordiam non r., Caes. III. To receive as true or valid: 1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre: if you a. the first you must a. all, prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia, Cic.: v. to grant. 2. nosco, nōvi, notum, 3: that part of the apology I neither a. nor approve, illam partem excusationis nec n. nec probo, Cic.: I am afraid that no one will a. that reason, vereor ne istam causam nemo noscat, Cic.: v. to acknowledge.
ADMIT Copy link • ADMITintromittere, admittere: recipere, excipere (to receive): sometimes infundere (to allow to flow in; e.g., homines humiliores in alienum genus, Cic.: agmina in Graeciam, Curt.). To admit the enemy into the town, hosti patefacere urbem; hostem in urbem accipere. Not to admit anybody, aliquem introitu prohibere, alicui introitum praecludere (general term, to prevent from entering). Vid: “refuse admission,” under ADMISSION. To admit anybody, alicui aditum dare, aliquem admittere (general term): alicui aditum conveniendi dare; alicui copiam sui dare (to grant an audience). Persons of the lowest rank are admitted to him, nemo tam humilis est, cui non aditus ad eum pateat. To concede, concedere: largiri (to concede graciously, without compulsion): fateor (opposed to celare, disclose anything): confiteor (confess in consequence of questions, menaces, compulsion): dare (to present an opponent with it as a preliminary concession). Do you admit that? etc, dasne? with accusative and infinitive. Who can hesitate to admit this? quis hoc non dederit?If you admit this, you must also admit the former, dato hoc, dandum erit illud. Admit this to be so, or to be the ease, tat sane; fac or demus ita esse. Admit, admit of = ibe capable of receiving, suffering, etc., [Vid: SUFFER.] To admit of some excuse, habere aliquid excasationis. To admit of no delay, dilationem non pati; dilationem or cunctationem non recipere (both of things). This admits of no doubt, de hoc dubitari non potest.