leave (v.) Copy link Outline I. To suffer to remain; forsake, abandon1. rĕlinquo, līqui, ctum, 32. dērĕlinquo, destĭtuo, 33. expr. by rĕlĭquus with a verb (usu. facio4. discēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (foll. by ab, a; to part from, forsakeII. To leave property, etc., at death1. rĕlinquo, 32. lēgo, 1III. To depart from1. discēdo, 3 (foll. by ab, de, ex; and poet. abl. alone)2. excēdo, 3 (to quit a place or scene; not like discedo, to part from a person3. dīgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (about = discedo; and same constr.)4. ēgrĕdior, 3 (about = excedo, and same constr.)IV. To entrust • leave (v.): I. To suffer to remain; forsake, abandon: 1. rĕlinquo, līqui, ctum, 3: he l.s C. Fabius with two legions to protect the camp, C. Fabium cum legionibus duabus castris praesidio relinquit, Caes.: to l. room for anything, alicui rei locum r., Cic. Quint. 15, 49: to l. one's home and kindred, domum propinquosque r., Caes. B. G. 1, 44: in latter sense, esp. poet. (N.B.--The simple verb linquo [never = to suffer to remain] is much less freq., and almost confined to the poets: e. g. to l. the light of life, vitalia lumina l., Cic. poet. Div. 1, 11, 18: in de Or. 3, 46, 180, however, we have, linquamus naturam, artesque videndum, i. e. let us leave nature and look at art; also, linquere terram, Planc. 10, 26, in a passage savouring of poetic diction.) 2. dērĕlinquo, destĭtuo, 3: v. to abandon, desert. 3. expr. by rĕlĭquus with a verb (usu. facio: to leave remaining): what life and strength famine had left, quod reliquum vitae viriumque fames fecerat, Cic. Verr. 5, 34, 89: so, to l. nothing, nihil reliqui facere, Sall. Cat. 11, fin. 4. discēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (foll. by ab, a; to part from, forsake: less freq. in this sense): his soldiers left him and returned home, milites ab eo discedunt, ac domum revertuntur, Caes. B. C. 1, 12: Cic.: Dolabella's wife has left him (by divorce), uxor a Dolabella discessit, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 2 (in which sense also, digredior, Suet. Caes. 43). II. To leave property, etc., at death: 1. rĕlinquo, 3: she left a daughter in her teens, filiam reliquit adolescentulam, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 41: he left 13 estates, fundos decem et tres reliquit, Cic. R. Am. 7, fin.: to l. any one heir, aliquem heredem r., Cic. 2. lēgo, 1: v. to bequeath. (Comp. relēgo, only in Dig.) Phr.: to l. a person one's whole property, aliquem heredem (ex asse) facere, Cic. Ph. 2, 16, 40: I have had more than ... left me, amplius ... hereditatibus acceptum rettuli, Cic. l. c. III. To depart from: 1. discēdo, 3 (foll. by ab, de, ex; and poet. abl. alone): never to l. any one's side, nunquam a latere alicujus d., Cic. Am. init.: to l. the forum, de foro d., id. Verr. 4, 65, extr.: to l. Gaul, e Gallia d., id. Ph. 8, 7, 21: Ov. (abl. alone). 2. excēdo, 3 (to quit a place or scene; not like discedo, to part from a person: foll. by ex or abl. alone, later by acc.): to l. Italy, ex Italia ex., Cic. Ph. 12, 6, extr.: to l. the city, urbe ex., id. ad Br. 1, 15, ad med.; also urbem ex., Liv. 2, 37, ad fin. (but here and elsewhere the reading has been doubted, Forcell. s. v.). (N.B.--Decedo is to retire from a post of duty, e. g. from a province.) 3. dīgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (about = discedo; and same constr.): Cic.: Caes.: Liv. 4. ēgrĕdior, 3 (about = excedo, and same constr.): Cic.: Caes. (N.B.--The comps. in -gredior indicate rather the first step in the act of leaving; those in -cedo, departure generally.) IV. To entrust: permitto, mando, commendo, trādo: v. to commit, commend.