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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlinquere (“to fail in one's duty”), from de- + linquō (“to neglect”),[1] present infinitive form of linquō (“to leave”).
Pronunciation
Verb
delìnquere (first-person singular present delìnquo, no past historic, past participle (rare or unused) delìtto or (archaic, rare, ditto) delinquìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to commit a crime
- (literary) to sin
Usage notes
- Used in some forms of the present indicative, in the infinitive, in the present participle with the substantival meaning and in the past participle;[1] rare in other forms, including all composed forms.
Conjugation
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 delinquere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
dēlinquēre
- second-person singular future passive indicative of dēlinquō
Verb
dēlinquere
- inflection of dēlinquō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative