abdico

See also: abdicó and abdicò

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abdico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abdicar

Galician

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abdico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abdicar

Italian

Verb

abdico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abdicare

Latin

Etymology 1

From ab- (from) +‎ dīcō (say).

Pronunciation

Verb

abdīcō (present infinitive abdīcere, perfect active abdīxī, supine abdictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative (rare)

  1. (of an unfavorable omen, only once attested) to be against, disapprove of, reject, refuse, deny, forbid, disallow, condemn
    Synonyms: prohibeō, vetō
    • 45 BCE, Cicero, De divinatione 1.17.31:
      Itaque sue inventā ad merīdiem spectāns in vīneā mediā dīcitur cōnstitisse, cumque in quattuor partīs vīneam dīvīsisset trīsque partīs avēs abdīxissent, quārtā parte, quae erat relīqua, in regiōnēs distribūta, mīrābilī magnitūdine ūvam, ut scriptum vidēmus, invēnit.
      So, with the sow found, he is said to have stood in the middle of the vinyard looking south, and when he divided the vinyard into four parts the birds refused three parts, and with the fourth part, which was remaining, divided into regions, he found, as we find written, a bunch of grapes of extraordinary size.
  2. (law) to take away by sentence, withhold a right
    Synonym: dētrahō
Conjugation

Etymology 2

    From ab- (from) +‎ dicō (to dedicate).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    abdicō (present infinitive abdicāre, perfect active abdicāvī, supine abdicātum); first conjugation

    1. to deny, refuse to acknowledge, reject, repudiate, decline
      Synonyms: abnegō, abnuō, dēnegō, negō, recūsō, respuō
      Antonyms: approbō, cōnfiteor, , permittō
    2. to resign, abdicate
    3. to abolish, renounce
    4. to disinherit, disown
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    Further reading

    • abdico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • abdico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • abdico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
      • to resign one's post (before the expiry of the term of office): abdicare se magistratu (Div. 2. 35)
    • abdico in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • abdico, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

    Portuguese

    Verb

    abdico

    1. first-person singular present indicative of abdicar

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /abˈdiko/ [aβ̞ˈð̞i.ko]
    • Rhymes: -iko
    • Syllabification: ab‧di‧co

    Verb

    abdico

    1. first-person singular present indicative of abdicar