surrender (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In military sense1. dēdĭtio, ōnis, f.2. trādĭtio, ōnis, f.II. Generally, a giving up1. trādĭtio, f.2. cessio, ōnis, f. (legal t. t.) • surrender (subs.): I. In military sense: 1. dēdĭtio, ōnis, f.: to negotiate a s., de d. agere, Caes. B. C. 3, 28: a s. to any one, d. ad aliquem, Liv. 28, 22: to receive a state on s., civitatem in deditionem accipere, ib.: to make a genuine s., veram d. facere, Sall. J. 46. 2. trādĭtio, ōnis, f.: the s. of a town, urbis t., Liv. 32, 14. II. Generally, a giving up: 1. trādĭtio, f.: the s. of property, rei t., Cic. Top. 5, fin. 2. cessio, ōnis, f. (legal t. t.): a legal s., in jure cessio, ib.: to make s. of a thing, v. to surrender.
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.
SURRENDER Copy link • SURRENDER 1. v. Transitively, To give up, yield, concedere aliquid: cedere aliquid or aliqua re; to anybody, cedere alicui aliquid or aliqua re: concedere alicui aliquid: transcribere alicui aliquid (to surrender in writing, Dig.). To surrender a part of a thing, cedere alicui aliquid de aliqua re: to surrender one’s share in anything, cedere parte sua: to surrender the possession of a thing to anybody, cedere alicui possessione alicujus rei: to surrender the throne to anybody, concedere alicui regnum, imperium. Intransitively. To capitulate, arma conditione ponere: arma per pactionem tradere: certis conditionibus hosti tradi: de conditionibus tradendae urbis agere cum aliquo (to treat about capitulating, Liv., 37, 12). To surrender, ad conditiones deditionis descendere: to refuse to surrender, nullam deditionis conditionem accipere: conditiones rejicere, recusare: to consent to surrender on terms, ad conditiones accedere; certis conditionibus de deditione cum hoste pacisci. 2. s. deditio: traditio (a fortified place or town): abdicatio (of an office, muneris, Liv., 6, 16): or circumlocution by the verb.