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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
- 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.)
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