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) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.kʷoː/, [ˈlʲɪŋkʷoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.kwo/, [ˈliŋkwo]

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

• Third 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		linquere	līquisse	lictūrum esse	linquī	lictum esse	lictum īrī
participles		linquēns	—	lictūrus	—	lictus	linquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		linquendī	linquendō	linquendum	linquendō	lictum	lictū

Derived terms

• relinquō
• dēlinquō
• derelinquo

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