manu emitto

mănūmitto (also as two words, 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.