resign Copy link Outline 1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to yield, give up2. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (stronger than preced.). to r. the candidature for the augurship, c. auguratus petitionem, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4.3. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to give up)4. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to surrender)5. ŏmitto, ŏmīsi, ŏmissum, 36. dēpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to lay down)7. rĕsigno, 1 (to pay back; very rare)8. effundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to cast away, let go) • resign: 1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to yield, give up: both act. and neut.: constr. with dat. of person in whose favour one r.s): to r. the victory to the enemy, c. victoriam hosti, Just. 32, 4: to r. the possession of the gardens in favour of some one, hortorum possessione alicui c., Cic. Mil. 27, 75. 2. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (stronger than preced.). to r. the candidature for the augurship, c. auguratus petitionem, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4. 3. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to give up): to r. both provinces, r. utramque provinciam, Anton. in Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 25. Join: reddere ac r., Cic. Sull. 30, 84: v. renounce, give up. 4. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to surrender): I have r.'d the whole affair into his hands, totum ei negotium permisi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 7 (9), 2: to r. themselves to their power, p. se eorum potestati, Caes. B. G. 2, 31. r. the rest to the gods, permitte divis cetera, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 9. 5. ŏmitto, ŏmīsi, ŏmissum, 3: v. abandon. 6. dēpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to lay down): to r. a province, d. provinciam, Cic. Pis. 2, 5: to r. all hopes of a (successful) struggle, omnem spem contentionis d., Caes. B. G. 5, 19. 7. rĕsigno, 1 (to pay back; very rare): I r. everything, cuncta resigno, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 34. 8. effundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to cast away, let go): to r. one's life, e. vitam, Ov. H. 7, 181: Virg.: Cic. Phr.: to r. a province, decedere provincia, Cic. Lig. 1, 2 (constr. also with ex, de, or rarely ab): to r. his civil appointments, abscedere civilibus muneribus, Liv. 9, 3, ad init.: he twice thought of r.ing the supreme power, de reddenda republica bis cogitavit, Suet. Aug. 28, init.: to r. themselves to misfortune, submittere animos ad calamitates, Liv. 23, 25, ad init.: to r. oneself to fate, praebere se fato, Sen. Prov. 5, 8: we r. ourselves to circumstances, damus nos rei ferendos, id. Ep. 13, 13 (Haase). (N.B.--Tradere, dedere se implies active devotion to anything, rather than passive submission, which is better expr. by praebere. permittere, etc.)
RESIGN Copy link • RESIGNTo give up, cedere: concedere (to yield): abjicere: deponere: omittere (to let go, abandon): desistere aliqua re or de aliqua re (implying a sudden change of purpose) renunciare alicui re (to renounce). To resign one’s self to an occupation or pursuit, alicui rei se dedere: studio alicujus rei se dedere or se tradere: to resign one’s self to suffering, aequo animo ferre or tolerare aliquid: in se recipere aliquid. To abdicate or retire from an office, abdicare munus or (far more commonly) se munere: abire magistratu or honore: abscedere munere (Liv., 9, 3): magistratum deponere (of magistrates): missionem postulare (to demand a discharge of soldiers. ☞ donare, “to give up a command,” is of the Silver Age).