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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of linquō.
Participle
linquēns (genitive linquentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- departing, leaving, abandoning, forsaking, quitting
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.389–391:
- sēque ex oculīs āvertit et aufert, / linquēns multa metū cūnctantem et multa parantem / dīcere. .
- And turns away and withdraws from his sight, leaving very worried, hesitant, and with so much he was wanting to say.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.