delinquo

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈlɪŋ.kʷoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈliŋ.kʷo]

Verb

dēlinquō (present infinitive dēlinquere, perfect active dēlīquī, supine dēlictum); third conjugation

to fail in one's duty
Synonyms: discēdō, dēficiō, cadō, dēsum

Antonyms: perficiō, impetrō, perpetrō, ēvincō
to be wanting, lacking
Synonyms: careō, egeō, indigeō, deficiō, dēsum, cessō, perdō

Antonyms: flōreō, niteō, abundō, affluō
to transgress, offend, err
Synonyms: violō, peccō
to commit a fault, do something wrong
Synonyms: lābor, errō, committō, offendō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēlinquō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēlinquō	dēlinquis		dēlinquit	dēlinquimus	dēlinquitis		dēlinquunt
	imperfect	dēlinquēbam	dēlinquēbās		dēlinquēbat	dēlinquēbāmus	dēlinquēbātis		dēlinquēbant
	future	dēlinquam	dēlinquēs		dēlinquet	dēlinquēmus	dēlinquētis		dēlinquent
	perfect	dēlīquī	dēlīquistī		dēlīquit	dēlīquimus	dēlīquistis		dēlīquērunt, dēlīquēre
	pluperfect	dēlīqueram	dēlīquerās		dēlīquerat	dēlīquerāmus	dēlīquerātis		dēlīquerant
	future perfect	dēlīquerō	dēlīqueris		dēlīquerit	dēlīquerimus	dēlīqueritis		dēlīquerint
passive	present	dēlinquor	dēlinqueris, dēlinquere		dēlinquitur	dēlinquimur	dēlinquiminī		dēlinquuntur
	imperfect	dēlinquēbar	dēlinquēbāris, dēlinquēbāre		dēlinquēbātur	dēlinquēbāmur	dēlinquēbāminī		dēlinquēbantur
	future	dēlinquar	dēlinquēris, dēlinquēre		dēlinquētur	dēlinquēmur	dēlinquēminī		dēlinquentur
	perfect	dēlictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēlictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēlictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēlinquam	dēlinquās		dēlinquat	dēlinquāmus	dēlinquātis		dēlinquant
	imperfect	dēlinquerem	dēlinquerēs		dēlinqueret	dēlinquerēmus	dēlinquerētis		dēlinquerent
	perfect	dēlīquerim	dēlīquerīs		dēlīquerit	dēlīquerīmus	dēlīquerītis		dēlīquerint
	pluperfect	dēlīquissem	dēlīquissēs		dēlīquisset	dēlīquissēmus	dēlīquissētis		dēlīquissent
passive	present	dēlinquar	dēlinquāris, dēlinquāre		dēlinquātur	dēlinquāmur	dēlinquāminī		dēlinquantur
	imperfect	dēlinquerer	dēlinquerēris, dēlinquerēre		dēlinquerētur	dēlinquerēmur	dēlinquerēminī		dēlinquerentur
	perfect	dēlictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēlictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēlinque		—	—	dēlinquite		—
active	future	—	dēlinquitō		dēlinquitō	—	dēlinquitōte		dēlinquuntō
passive	present	—	dēlinquere		—	—	dēlinquiminī		—
passive	future	—	dēlinquitor		dēlinquitor	—	—		dēlinquuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēlinquere		dēlinquī		dēlinquēns		—
future		dēlictūrum esse		dēlictum īrī		dēlictūrus		dēlinquendus
perfect		dēlīquisse		dēlictum esse		—		dēlictus
future perfect		—		dēlictum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēlictūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēlinquendī	dēlinquendō		dēlinquendum	dēlinquendō	dēlictum		dēlictū

Derived terms

dēlinquentia

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: delinquir
→ English: delinquish (obsolete)
→ French: délinquer
→ Italian: delinquere
→ Portuguese: delinquir
→ Sicilian: dilìncuri
→ Spanish: delinquir

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

delinquo

first-person singular present indicative of delinquir