relinquo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ linquō (“to leave, forsake”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈlɪŋ.kʷoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈliŋ.kʷo]

Verb

relinquō (present infinitive relinquere, perfect active relīquī, supine relictum); third conjugation

to abandon, forsake, desert
Synonyms: dēserō, dēstituō, dēficiō
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.9.6:
  relinquite īnfantiam, et vīvite, et ambulātē per viās prūdentiae
  Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
to relinquish, leave (behind)
Synonym: linquō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.281–282:
  Ārdet abīre fugā dulcisque relinquere terrās,
  attonitus tantō monitū imperiōque deōrum.
  [Aeneas] burns to flee, escape, and leave behind the pleasant lands [of Libya], stunned by such a warning – and by order of the gods!
  (Mercury has delivered Jupiter’s command: Aeneas must leave Carthage and fulfill his destiny in Italy.)
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 7.14:
  […] : mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.
  […] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.
to depart (from)
Synonyms: dēcēdō, cēdō
to give up
Synonyms: omittō, dēdō, concēdō, trānsmittō, trādō, addīcō, reddō, remittō

Conjugation

Conjugation of relinquō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	relinquō	relinquis		relinquit	relinquimus	relinquitis		relinquunt
	imperfect	relinquēbam	relinquēbās		relinquēbat	relinquēbāmus	relinquēbātis		relinquēbant
	future	relinquam	relinquēs		relinquet	relinquēmus	relinquētis		relinquent
	perfect	relīquī	relīquistī		relīquit	relīquimus	relīquistis		relīquērunt, relīquēre
	pluperfect	relīqueram	relīquerās		relīquerat	relīquerāmus	relīquerātis		relīquerant
	future perfect	relīquerō	relīqueris		relīquerit	relīquerimus	relīqueritis		relīquerint
passive	present	relinquor	relinqueris, relinquere		relinquitur	relinquimur	relinquiminī		relinquuntur
	imperfect	relinquēbar	relinquēbāris, relinquēbāre		relinquēbātur	relinquēbāmur	relinquēbāminī		relinquēbantur
	future	relinquar	relinquēris, relinquēre		relinquētur	relinquēmur	relinquēminī		relinquentur
	perfect	relictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	relictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	relictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	relinquam	relinquās		relinquat	relinquāmus	relinquātis		relinquant
	imperfect	relinquerem	relinquerēs		relinqueret	relinquerēmus	relinquerētis		relinquerent
	perfect	relīquerim	relīquerīs		relīquerit	relīquerīmus	relīquerītis		relīquerint
	pluperfect	relīquissem	relīquissēs		relīquisset	relīquissēmus	relīquissētis		relīquissent
passive	present	relinquar	relinquāris, relinquāre		relinquātur	relinquāmur	relinquāminī		relinquantur
	imperfect	relinquerer	relinquerēris, relinquerēre		relinquerētur	relinquerēmur	relinquerēminī		relinquerentur
	perfect	relictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	relictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	relinque		—	—	relinquite		—
active	future	—	relinquitō		relinquitō	—	relinquitōte		relinquuntō
passive	present	—	relinquere		—	—	relinquiminī		—
passive	future	—	relinquitor		relinquitor	—	—		relinquuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		relinquere		relinquī		relinquēns		—
future		relictūrum esse		relictum īrī		relictūrus		relinquendus
perfect		relīquisse		relictum esse		—		relictus
future perfect		—		relictum fore		—		—
perfect potential		relictūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		relinquendī	relinquendō		relinquendum	relinquendō	relictum		relictū

Derived terms

derelinquo
nuces relinquere
reliquiae

Descendants

→ Catalan: relinquir
→ Old French: relenquir
- French: relenquir (obsolete or Normandy, Picardy)
- → Middle English: relinquisshen
  - English: relinquish
→ Italian: relinquere
→ Portuguese: relinquir
→ Spanish: relinquir

References

“relinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“relinquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“relinquo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to overtake and pass some one: post se relinquere aliquem
- a man loses his senses, becomes unconscious: animus relinquit aliquem
- to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
- to leave a thing undecided: aliquid in medio, in dubio relinquere (Cael. 20. 48)
- to leave a thing undecided: aliquid dubium, incertum relinquere
- to leave a point undecided: in controversia relinquere aliquid
- to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)
- to leave troops to guard the camp: praesidio castris milites relinquere
- to give up an assault, a siege: oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquere
- let us leave that undecided: hoc in medio relinquamus
- (ambiguous) something has been left as a legacy by some one: hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo