leave (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Departure1. rĕnuntio, 1 (with dat.2. vălēre dico3. usu. better expr. by discēdo, digrĕdiorII. Permission1. permissio (rare), with abl. permissu2. pŏtestas3. cōpia (rare in this sense)4. commeātus, ūs (l. of absence; strictly, as granted to soldiers)5. lĭcentia • leave (subs.): I. Departure: chiefly in phr., to take l.: 1. rĕnuntio, 1 (with dat.: only in later authors): to take l. of life, vitae r., Suet. Gal. 11. 2. vălēre dico: cf. Suet. Aug. 53, discedens eodem modo sedentibus valere dixit, he took l. of them without their rising. (Valedico, as one word, is without good authority.) 3. usu. better expr. by discēdo, digrĕdior: i. e. to part from: q. v. II. Permission: 1. permissio (rare), with abl. permissu: v. permission. 2. pŏtestas: in phr., to give any one l., alicui p. facere, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 11: foll. by genitive of ger., id. R. Am. 27, 73; by ut, id. Div. Verr. 14, 45. (Facultatem dare, is simply to furnish an opportunity.) 3. cōpia (rare in this sense): l. was given to speak, data (est) c. fandi, Virg. Aen. 1, 520: cf. Ter. Eun. prol. 21. 4. commeātus, ūs (l. of absence; strictly, as granted to soldiers): to give l. of absence, c. dare, Liv. 21, 21: v. furlough. In wider sense: l. to rest from toil, c. acquiescendi a continuatione laborum, Vell. 2, 99: Suet. 5. lĭcentia: v. liberty. Phr.: by your l. (a parenthetical clause, introducing what might seem offensive), bona tua venia dixerim, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25; venia sit dicto, Plin. 5, 6, extr.; pace tua dixerim, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12: to give l., permittere, concedere (the latter implying the concession of a favour): v. to permit, allow.