relinquo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wrelinkʷō. Equivalent to re- +‎ linquō (“I leave, forsake”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to abandon, relinquish, forsake, leave (behind), depart (from), give up, desert
    Synonyms: dēserō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, trānsmittō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō
    • 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.)
    • 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)

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

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
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