abandon Copy link Outline I. To forsake, leave behind, or cease to aid and protect1. rĕlinquo, līqui, lictum, 3 (usu. without any notion of neglect2. dērĕlinquo, līqui, etc. (usu. implying neglect)3. dēsĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 (usu. implying faithlessness)4. dēstĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum., 3 (often stronger than desero)II. To give up or over.1. dēdo, dēdĭdi, dēdĭtum, 32. abjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (lit. to throw away)3. rĕlinquo, 34. dēsĕro, 35. dīmitto, mīsi, missum, 36. ŏmitto, 3 • abandon: I. To forsake, leave behind, or cease to aid and protect: 1. rĕlinquo, līqui, lictum, 3 (usu. without any notion of neglect: v. to leave): ab.'d possessions, relictae possessiones, Cic.: Rome must be ab.'d, Roma relinquenda est, Ov.: to ab. the standards, signa r., Liv. Adv. omnino, plane, prorsus. 2. dērĕlinquo, līqui, etc. (usu. implying neglect): we saw Ti. Gracchus ab.'d by Q. Tubero, Ti. Gracchum a Q. Tuberone derelictum videbamus, Cic.: an uncultivated and ab.'d soil, incultum et derelictum solum, Cic.: ab.'d not only by all good fortune, but even by all hope, ab omni non modo fortuna verum etiam spe derelicti, Cic. 3. dēsĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 (usu. implying faithlessness): do not ab. thy brother, ne desere fratrem, Virg.: Varus is ab.'d by his men, deseritur a suis Varus, Caes.. to ab. a cause, causam d., Cic.: to ab. the path of virtue, viam virtutis d., Hor. Adv. plane, omnino. 4. dēstĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum., 3 (often stronger than desero): to ab. his defenders in the most critical moment of danger, defensores suos in ipso discrimine periculi d., Liv.: he complains that he has been ab.'d, quod sit destitutus queritur, Caes.: the water had ab.'d its channel, aqua alveum destituerat, Liv. II. To give up or over. 1. dēdo, dēdĭdi, dēdĭtum, 3: to ab. a person to anyone's cruelty, hominem crudelitati alicujus ded., Cic.: to ab. oneself to pleasures, voluptatibus se d., Cic.: to ab. oneself to idleness, desidiae se d., Cic.: v. to surrender. 2. abjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (lit. to throw away): to ab. the design of making war, consilium belli faciendi ab., Cic.: Hor. 3. rĕlinquo, 3: to ab. a siege, obsidionem r., Caes.: to ab. a war, bellum r., Cic.: to ab. the city to plunder, urbem direptioni r., Cic.: to ab. a project, inceptum r., Virg. 4. dēsĕro, 3: to ab. one's right, suum jus d., Cic.: to ab. life, vitam d., Cic. 5. dīmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to ab. all hope, omnem spem di., Caes. 6. ŏmitto, 3: he ab.'d the blockade of our men, obsessionem nostrorum omisit, Caes.: to ab. pleasures, voluptates om., Cic. Join: relinquere et prodere, Cic.: deserere et derelinquere, Cic.--Note. Relinquo, dimitto, omitto, abjicio denote simply to leave off, give up: desero and destituo, to abandon wilfully.
ABANDON Copy link • ABANDONrelinquere (to leave behind in any way, whether deliberately or not): derelinquere (to abandon it deliberately, and care no more about it): deserere (to abandon what one ought not to give up): dimittere (to give up what one can not retain; a property, one’s freedom, a right, a man’s acquaintance): abjicere, deponere (what one does not find it good or profitable to retain; a plan, intention, opinion, friendship, hatred, hope): desistere aliqua re or de aliqua re (implies a sudden change of intention): omittere (to give up; let a thing go; a contest, wrath, sorrow, fear, a plan, an opportunity): destituere (to desert one in need, just when our assistance is expected). (The words are found in this connection and order), relinquere et deserere; deserere et relinquere; destituere et relinquere. Phrase, affligere causam susceptam (abandon, and so ruin it); causam alicujus deponere: a causa alicujus recedere. Give one’s self up to, alicui rei se dedere: studio alicujus rei se dedere or se tradere. Phrase, voluptatibus se dedere or se tradere; servire, astrictum esse, deditum esse. Renounce, (Vid :) alicui rei renunciare.