praeter-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I To allow or permit to go by , to let pass (class.; syn.: omitto, neglego).
A In gen.: nullum diem, Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2: nullam occasionem profectionis, Auct. B. Afr. 1: neminem, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1.—
B In partic.
1 To omit , neglect , leave undone : nullum officium, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 1: voluptates, id. N. D. 3, 15, 38: scelus, id. Att. 9, 11, 4: praetermittendae defensionis plures solent esse causae, id. Off. 1, 9, 28.—With inf.: reliqua quaerere praetermittit, Caes. B. C. 2, 39: quod facere nullum diem praetermittebat, Nep. Cim. 4, 3. —
2 In reading or writing, to pass over , leave out , make no mention of , omit : quod verba sint praetermissa, Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111: si quid aut praetermissum aut relictum sit, id. ib. 2, 29, 126; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Cat. 3, 8, 18: officii praetermissi reprehensio, id. Att. 11, 7, 3: nihil videmur debere praetermittere, quod, etc., Nep. Epam. 1, 3: quod dignum memoriā visum, praetermittendum non existimavimus, Caes. B. G. 7, 25; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1; id. Att. 6, 3, 9. —
3 To pass by , overlook , wink at : do, praetermitto, overlook , Ter. Ad. 51: praetermittere et humanis concedere rebus, Lucr. 4, 1191 (by Lachm. written separately).—*
II To let over , carry over , transmit , transport : an facili te praetermiserit unda Lucani rabida ora maris? Stat. S. 3, 2, 84.