relinquo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wrelinkʷō. Equivalent to re- + linquō (“I leave, forsake”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈlin.kʷoː/, [rɛˈlʲɪŋkʷoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈlin.kwo/, [reˈliŋkwo]
Verb
relinquō (present infinitive relinquere, perfect active relīquī, supine relictum); third conjugation
- I abandon, relinquish, forsake, leave (behind)
- Synonyms: dēserō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, trānsmittō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō
- 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)
- relinquite īnfantiam, et vīvite, et ambulātē per viās prūdentiae
Conjugation
| Conjugation of relinquō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | relinque | — | — | relinquite | — |
| future | — | relinquitō | relinquitō | — | relinquitōte | relinquuntō | |
| passive | present | — | relinquere | — | — | relinquiminī | — |
| future | — | relinquitor | relinquitor | — | — | relinquuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | relinquere | relīquisse | relictūrum esse | relinquī | relictum esse | relictum īrī | |
| participles | relinquēns | — | relictūrus | — | relictus | relinquendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| relinquendī | relinquendō | relinquendum | relinquendō | relictum | relictū | ||
Derived terms
- nuces relinquere
- reliquiae
Descendants
- Old French: relenquir
- French: relenquir (now dialectal or obsolete, still in use in Normandy and Picardy however)
- Portuguese: relinquir
- Spanish: relinquir
- → English: relinquish
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, 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
- to overtake and pass some one: post se relinquere aliquem