depart Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ăbeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4, irr. (gen. term to go away from)2. exeo, 4, irr. (to go out of, forth from)3. discēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to leave a person or place)4. abscēdo, 35. excēdo, 3 (implying that a person has been within certain boundaries)6. cēdo, 37. dīgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (to part from8. migro, 1 (to d. in order to dwell elsewhere)9. dēmigro, 1 (like migro10. ēmigro, 1 (= demigro; but rare)11. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3 (on a journey)12. făcesso, cessi, ītum, 3 (implying speed or hurry)II. Fig. • depart: I. Lit.: to go from a place: 1. ăbeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4, irr. (gen. term to go away from): the pestilence has d.'d from the place, de loco abiit pestilentia, Cic.: to d. from any one's house, ab aliquo ab., Ter.: very often absol., he has d.'d, abiit, Cic. 2. exeo, 4, irr. (to go out of, forth from): to d. from the city, ex. ex urbe, Cic.: v. to quit. 3. discēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to leave a person or place): foll. by de, ex, Cic.: v. to leave, quit. (Not decedo, unless the departure be compulsory or according to law: as, decedere de provincia, of a retiring governor, Cic.) 4. abscēdo, 3: v. to withdraw. 5. excēdo, 3 (implying that a person has been within certain boundaries): when he (Catiline) had d.'d (gone forth from the heart of the city), cum excessisset, Cic. 6. cēdo, 3: v. to withdraw, retire. 7. dīgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (to part from: q. v.): to d. from home, domo d., Sall.: Caes. 8. migro, 1 (to d. in order to dwell elsewhere): the very rats have d.'d (from a ruined place), etiam mures migraverunt, Cic.: v. to remove. 9. dēmigro, 1 (like migro: but more freq.): [on the arrival of the enemy] all d.'d from the country to the city, quisque in urbem ex agris d., Liv.: to d. from their towns, oppidis d., Caes.: to d. hence (from this sphere of existence), hinc d., Cic. 10. ēmigro, 1 (= demigro; but rare): Cic. 11. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3 (on a journey): v. to set out, start. 12. făcesso, cessi, ītum, 3 (implying speed or hurry): d. hence to Tarquinii, facesse hinc Tarquinios! Liv.: to d. with speed from the city, propere urbe f., Liv.: Cic. II. Fig.: chiefly in phr., to d. this life, e vita discedere, migrare, emigrare, cedere, decedere; e or ex vita demigrare, exire, abire; ex vita discedere tanquam ex hospitio, Cic.: also simply, decedere, Cic.; excedere, Suet.: v. to die. To d. from justice, ab jure abire, Cic.: to d. from truth, a veritate desciscere, Cic.: to d. a single inch from a rule, a regula transversum, ut aiunt, digitum discedere, Cic.: v. to deviate. To depart from a plan, consilium omittere: v. abandon.