relinquere

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relinquere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈlin.kwe.re/
  • Rhymes: -inkwere
  • Hyphenation: re‧lìn‧que‧re
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Verb

relìnquere (first-person singular present relìnquo, no past historic, past participle relìtto, no imperfect, no future, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (poetic) abandon, leave behind

Usage notes

  • Per Treccani, the composed tenses are lacking, and relitto functions only as an adjective. The assumption that relitto is a past participle comes from Hoepli.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relìnquere (root-stressed -ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive relìnquere
auxiliary verb avére gerund —
present participle — past participle relìtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present relìnquo relìnqui relìnque — — relìnquono
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present relìnqua relìnqua relìnqua — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Further reading

  • relinquere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • relinquere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

relinquēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of relinquō

Verb

relinquere

  1. inflection of relinquō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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