abscedo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈskeː.doː/, [äpˈs̠keːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈʃe.do/, [äbˈʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

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
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

Conjugation

Conjugation of abscēdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abscēdō	abscēdis	abscēdit	abscēdimus	abscēditis	abscēdunt
	imperfect	abscēdēbam	abscēdēbās	abscēdēbat	abscēdēbāmus	abscēdēbātis	abscēdēbant
	future	abscēdam	abscēdēs	abscēdet	abscēdēmus	abscēdētis	abscēdent
	perfect	abscessī	abscessistī	abscessit	abscessimus	abscessistis	abscessērunt, abscessēre
	pluperfect	abscesseram	abscesserās	abscesserat	abscesserāmus	abscesserātis	abscesserant
	future perfect	abscesserō	abscesseris	abscesserit	abscesserimus	abscesseritis	abscesserint
passive	present	abscēdor	abscēderis, abscēdere	abscēditur	abscēdimur	abscēdiminī	abscēduntur
	imperfect	abscēdēbar	abscēdēbāris, abscēdēbāre	abscēdēbātur	abscēdēbāmur	abscēdēbāminī	abscēdēbantur
	future	abscēdar	abscēdēris, abscēdēre	abscēdētur	abscēdēmur	abscēdēminī	abscēdentur
	perfect	abscessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abscessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abscessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abscēdam	abscēdās	abscēdat	abscēdāmus	abscēdātis	abscēdant
	imperfect	abscēderem	abscēderēs	abscēderet	abscēderēmus	abscēderētis	abscēderent
	perfect	abscesserim	abscesserīs	abscesserit	abscesserīmus	abscesserītis	abscesserint
	pluperfect	abscessissem	abscessissēs	abscessisset	abscessissēmus	abscessissētis	abscessissent
passive	present	abscēdar	abscēdāris, abscēdāre	abscēdātur	abscēdāmur	abscēdāminī	abscēdantur
	imperfect	abscēderer	abscēderēris, abscēderēre	abscēderētur	abscēderēmur	abscēderēminī	abscēderentur
	perfect	abscessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abscessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abscēde	—	—	abscēdite	—
	future	—	abscēditō	abscēditō	—	abscēditōte	abscēduntō
passive	present	—	abscēdere	—	—	abscēdiminī	—
	future	—	abscēditor	abscēditor	—	—	abscēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abscēdere	abscessisse	abscessūrum esse	abscēdī	abscessum esse	abscessum īrī
participles		abscēdēns	—	abscessūrus	—	abscessus	abscēdendus, abscēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abscēdendī	abscēdendō	abscēdendum	abscēdendō	abscessum	abscessū

Derived terms

• abscessiō
• abscessus

Descendants

• → English: abscess

References

• “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.

Portuguese

Verb

abscedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder

Spanish

Verb

abscedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder