linquo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *linkʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti ~ *linkʷénti, from the root *leykʷ-. Cognate to Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇákti), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō). See also English loan, lend.

Pronunciation

Verb

linquō (present infinitive linquere, perfect active līquī, supine lictum); third conjugation

  1. to leave, quit, forsake, depart from
    Synonyms: relinquō, dēserō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, dēsinō, addīcō, neglegō, remittō, permittō, tribuō
    animus (or anima) linquit/animus linquit aliquem/animam linquo/animo linquorto faint, to swoon
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.339–340:
      forte senex, quō vectus erat, Sīlēnus asellum
      līquerat ad rīpās lene sonantis aquae.
      By chance the old man Silenus had left the donkey on which he’d ridden near the banks of a gently murmuring stream.
      (See Silenus.)
    • De vita Caesarum, Suetonius Vita divi Iuli, 45:
      animo linqui [...] solebat
      he was accustomed to sudden fainting fits

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References

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