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

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

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
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