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emissio

emissio, a projecting, hurling

ēmissĭo, ōnis, f. [emitto], a sending out, darting forth (rare).
  • I Prop., a letting go: radiorum ex oculis, a darting forth, Gell. 5, 16, 2: mortui sunt in emissione, in exile, Vulg. Baruch. 2, 25.—*
  • II Meton., power of projecting or hurling; in plur.: graviores telorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; a letting go, releasing: anguis, id. Div. 2, 29, 62 (thrice).

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