Verbum Hodiernum: RELINQUO

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RELINQUO Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the third-conjugation verb RELINQUO. TThe -n- infix in the present system of the Latin verb disappears in the perfect system: relīqui and relictum.

The basic meaning is to "leave behind" or "abandon." " In can also mean to "bequeath," in the sense of dying and leaving something to someone. The word can also mean to "let something stay behind," or to leave in the sense of "allow." In this sense the verb can take a predicate accusative: eum locum reliquit integrum, "he left that place untouched."

This Latin verb is at the root of our English word "relinquish" and "derelict." From the related noun, reliquiae, "leavings, remnants," we get the English word "relic."

Here are some proverbs and sayings using today's word:

Nucibus relictis.

Assueta relinquere durum est.

Vigilandum est; nisi properamus relinquemur.

Ne derelinquas nos, Domine!

Ne derelinquas amicum antiquum.

Miseros prudentia prima relinquit.

Mors optima rapit, deteriora relinquit.

Non debent pro vanis certa relinqui.

Incerta pro spe non munera certa relinque.

Necessitas nihil intentatum relinquit.

Domum cum facis, ne relinquas impolitam.

Omnia tibi fortuna abstulit, sed spem reliquit.

Quod edi, bibi, mecum habeo; quod reliqui, perdidi.

Qui canem alit exterum, huic praeter lorum nil fit reliquum.