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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + linquō.
Pronunciation
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
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Descendants
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