abscedo

Latin

Etymology

    From abs- (from, away from) +‎ cēdō (move, walk; withdraw; yield).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    abscēdō (present infinitive abscēdere, perfect active abscessī, supine abscessum); third conjugation

    1. to go off or away, depart
    2. to disappear, withdraw
    3. to recede, retreat
      Synonyms: recēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō, dēficiō, concēdō, cēdō, excēdō, regredior, subtrahō, subdūcō, amoveō, recipiō, referō, inclīnō, vertō, facessō
      Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō
    4. (military) to withdraw (from combat, a siege); march off, depart, retire
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
        Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
        The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
    5. (figuratively) to leave off, desist

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    Descendants

    • English: abscess

    References

    • abscedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • abscedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • abscedo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Verb

    abscedo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder

    Spanish

    Verb

    abscedo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder