departure Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ăbĭtus, ūs2. ăbĭtio (rare)3. discessus, ūs (frequent)4. discessio (rare in this sense)5. prŏfectio (on a journey or errand)6. exĭtus, ūs (rare in this sense)7. dīgressio, dīgressus8. Phr.II. Fig. • departure: I. Lit.: from a place: 1. ăbĭtus, ūs: Ter.: Cic. 2. ăbĭtio (rare): Ter. 3. discessus, ūs (frequent): your d. distressed me, d. tuus afflixit (me), Cic.: d. from the city, ab urbe d., id.: the d. of ambassadors (after audience), d. legatorum, Caes. 4. discessio (rare in this sense): v. division, separation. 5. prŏfectio (on a journey or errand): d. and return, p. et reversio, Cic.: Caes. 6. exĭtus, ūs (rare in this sense): Cic. 7. dīgressio, dīgressus: v. parting. 8. Phr.: to take one's d., proficisci (v. to set out), migrare, demigrare (see verb, I., 8): to hasten one's d., iter maturare, Caes.: to make preparations for d., iter comparare (parare), Nep. II. Fig.: from life: discessus, ŏbĭtus, etc.: v. death, decease: "the time of my d.," tempus resolutionis meae, II. Tim. iv. 6: to take one's d., migro, etc.: see subs. (II.)
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.