surrender (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 32. concēdo, 33. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 34. trādo (transdo), dĭdi, dĭtum, 35. dēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3II. Intrans. • surrender (v.): I. Trans.: To give up: 1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: to s. a kingdom to any one, alicui regnum c., Just. 10, 2: Liv. 45, 39. 2. concēdo, 3: Sicily was s.'d from a premature despair, S. nimis celeri desperatione rerum concessa est, Liv. 21, 1. 3. prōdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to s. a standard to the enemy, pr. aquilam hostibus, Caes. B. G. 4, 25. 4. trādo (transdo), dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to s. a city, urbem tr., Liv. 34, 29: they s.'d themselves to the enemy, se hostibus transdiderunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: to negotiate the terms on which to s. the city, de conditionibus urbis tradendae agere cum aliquo, Liv. 37, 12. 5. dēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to s. the promoters of the war (milit. t. t.), auctores belli d., Liv. 9, 1: hence generally, to s. a man to the weapons of the soldiery, aliquem telis militum dedere, Cic. Mil. 1, 2: I s. the maids, ancillas d., Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7. Phr.: to s. any one to the enemy, facere deditionem alicujus hosti, Liv. 31, 18: v. yield, give up. II. Intrans.: To capitulate: arma per pactionem tradere, Liv. 9, 11: se dedere, Caes. B. C. 2, 22: tradere se per conditiones, cf. Sall. J. 61, fin.: to s. at discretion, in deditionem venire, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: to be forced to s., necessariam deditionem subire, id. B. C. 1, 81: to s. to the Carthaginians, facere deditionem ad Poenos, Liv. 24, 1: to s. unconditionally, sine ulla pactione sese in alicujus fidem tradere, Sall. J. 62: also, facere imperata, ib. (v. Merivale, ad loc.): one who has s.'d, dediticius, Caes. B. G. 1, 27.