abeo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away”) +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.be.oː/, [ˈäbeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.be.o/, [ˈäːbeo]

Verb

abeō (present infinitive abīre, perfect active abiī or abīvī, supine abitum); irregular conjugation, irregular, impersonal in the passive

1. I depart, go away, go off.
2. I am transformed, metamorphosed.
3. I retire from office.
4. I pass from owner to owner.
5. (astronomy) I set.

Conjugation

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to abiī, but occasionally appears as abīvī.

Conjugation of abeō (irregular, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abeō	abīs	abit	abīmus	abītis	abeunt
	imperfect	abībam	abībās	abībat	abībāmus	abībātis	abībant
	future	abībō	abībis	abībit	abībimus	abībitis	abībunt
	perfect	abiī, abīvī	abīstī, abīvistī	abiit, abīvit	abiimus	abīstis	abiērunt, abiēre
	pluperfect	abieram	abierās	abierat	abierāmus	abierātis	abierant
	future perfect	abierō	abieris	abierit	abierimus	abieritis	abierint
passive	present	—	—	abītur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abībātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	abībitur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	abitum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	abitum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	abitum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abeam	abeās	abeat	abeāmus	abeātis	abeant
	imperfect	abīrem	abīrēs	abīret	abīrēmus	abīrētis	abīrent
	perfect	abierim	abierīs	abierit	abierīmus	abierītis	abierint
	pluperfect	abīssem	abīssēs	abīsset	abīssēmus	abīssētis	abīssent
passive	present	—	—	abeātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abīrētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	abitum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	abitum esset, abitum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abī	—	—	abīte	—
	future	—	abītō	abītō	—	abītōte	abeuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abīre	abīsse	abitūrum esse	abīrī	abitum esse	—
participles		abiēns	—	abitūrus	—	abitum	abeundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abeundī	abeundō	abeundum	abeundō	abitum	abitū

Derived terms

• ē mediō abeō

References

• “abeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • they disperse in different directions: in diversas partes or simply diversi abeunt, discedunt
    
  • to fly aloft; to be carried into the sky: sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abire
    
  • to go out of sight, disappear: abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
    
  • to depart this life: (ex) vita excedere, ex vita abire
    
  • to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • the recollection of a thing has been entirely lost: memoria alicuius rei excidit, abiit, abolevit
    
  • to go into exile: exsulatum ire or abire
    
  • to give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office): abire magistratu