abscedo

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈskeː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈʃɛː.d̪o]

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

• abscessiō
• abscessus

• “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.

abscedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder

abscedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder