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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪŋ.kʷoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliŋ.kʷo]

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 linquor ― to 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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of linquō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	linquō		linquis		linquit		linquimus		linquitis		linquunt
	imperfect	linquēbam		linquēbās		linquēbat		linquēbāmus		linquēbātis		linquēbant
	future	linquam		linquēs		linquet		linquēmus		linquētis		linquent
	perfect	līquī		līquistī		līquit		līquimus		līquistis		līquērunt, līquēre
	pluperfect	līqueram		līquerās		līquerat		līquerāmus		līquerātis		līquerant
	future perfect	līquerō		līqueris		līquerit		līquerimus		līqueritis		līquerint
passive	present	linquor		linqueris, linquere		linquitur		linquimur		linquiminī		linquuntur
	imperfect	linquēbar		linquēbāris, linquēbāre		linquēbātur		linquēbāmur		linquēbāminī		linquēbantur
	future	linquar		linquēris, linquēre		linquētur		linquēmur		linquēminī		linquentur
	perfect	lictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	linquam		linquās		linquat		linquāmus		linquātis		linquant
	imperfect	linquerem		linquerēs		linqueret		linquerēmus		linquerētis		linquerent
	perfect	līquerim		līquerīs		līquerit		līquerīmus		līquerītis		līquerint
	pluperfect	līquissem		līquissēs		līquisset		līquissēmus		līquissētis		līquissent
passive	present	linquar		linquāris, linquāre		linquātur		linquāmur		linquāminī		linquantur
	imperfect	linquerer		linquerēris, linquerēre		linquerētur		linquerēmur		linquerēminī		linquerentur
	perfect	lictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		linque		—		—		linquite		—
	future	—		linquitō		linquitō		—		linquitōte		linquuntō
passive	present	—		linquere		—		—		linquiminī		—
	future	—		linquitor		linquitor		—		—		linquuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		linquere			linquī			linquēns			—
future		lictūrum esse			lictum īrī			lictūrus			linquendus
perfect		līquisse			lictum esse			—			lictus
future perfect		—			lictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		linquendī		linquendō		linquendum		linquendō		lictum		lictū

Derived terms

• dēlinquō
• dērelinquō
• relinquō

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