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.
DEPART Copy link • DEPARTLeave a place or person; set out from, etc., abire (general term for going away; from, a or ex: very seldom with the ablative of place alone): abscedere (to withdraw, especially from some one who orders or wishes the departure; hence, also, of sorrow, anger, etc.; quitting a person; from, etc., a or ex): cedere aliquo loco or ex aliquo loco (to withdraw from a place in consequence of some cause compelling us): decedere aliquo loco, de or ex aliquo loco (to depart from a place where one has had business, etc.): discedere ab aliquo or loco, a or e loco (to depart, and so separate one’s self from a person or place; decedere is absolute, discedere relative [Herzog.] ; hence, discedere, of persons departing from each other different ways; but “he departed’ is ille discessit, according to Bremi, because decedere has obtained a different meaning, but more probably, because separation from a person is implied): excedere loco or e loco (to go out of a place, and quit its neighbourhood): digredi ab aliquo (to quit a person; also de aliqua re): egredi loco, a or ex loco, less commonly loco (to come out of a place; leave the space it encloses): devertere a aliquo (to quit a person by taking a road that leads one in a different direction): proficisci (to set out): sē facessere (to take one’s self off; used in commands, etc.; ex loco; loco; a re). ☞ Not degredi, which is to come down (e.g., ex arce; monte, colle, etc.): depart from my sight, e conspectu meo abscedite (Plaut.): depart, procul este (addressed to the uninitiated, etc.): depart hence! facessite hinc! to depart from a province. [Vid: PROVINCE.] To depart from the way (= deviate), degredi de via; devertere with and without via; deflectere, declinare de via; avertere se itinere, or ab itinere (all these with the will); aberrare, deerrare via or a via (to depart from the way against the will, to lose one’s way): to depart from the high-road into a by-path, de via in semitam degredi: to depart from the truth, deflectere a veritate; from a custom, recedere a consuetudine: not to depart from one’s custom, institutum suum tenere: to depart from an ancient custom, a pristina consuetudine deflectere; from one’s duty, ab officio discedere, or decedere; from what is right, abire a jure (Cic., Verr., 1, 44, 114): from what one has undertaken, incepto abscedere (Livius26, 7): from what one intended, declinare a proposito (☞ not digredi, Vid: Ellendt, Cic., Brut., 21, 82); declinare ab eo, quod proposueris: one may not depart a nail’s breadth from anything, as the saying is, ab aliqua re non licet transversum, ut aiunt, digitum discedere; ab aliqua re transversum unguem non oportet discedere. As euphemism for to die, decedere with or without vita, de or ex vita; exire e, or de, vita; excedere vita or ex vita (☞ Görenz says, not de vita; but Hand thinks him wrong): vitam deserere and (Verg.) vitam relinquere; ex hominum vita demigrare: cf., discedere ex vita is seldom used by Cic., and only for the sake of the metaphor; Cato, Maj., 23, 84. The departed, mortui; qui ex vita excesserunt or emigraverunt.
DEPART, DEPARTURE Copy link • DEPART, DEPARTUREThe act of going away, profectio (the setting out): discessus, seldom abitus, a or de loco: at the moment of departure, proficiscens; sub ipsa profectione: just before his departure he said, abiturus jam dixit: to prepare for departure, iter parare, comparare. He resolved not to put off his departure for Greece any longer, non ultra differre profectionem in Graeciam constituit (Liv.). Decease. Vid. DECEASE, or DEMISE.