linquo Latin · revision 6106

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *leykʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈlɪŋ.kʷoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliŋ.kʷo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''linquō''' (present infinitive linquere, perfect active līquī, supine lictum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*linkʷ-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*li-n-kʷ-|t=to leave]], a nasal present of the root [[ine-pro|*leykʷ-]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|रिणक्ति|tr=riṇákti|t=leaves]], [[grc|λείπω|tr=leípō|t=to leave]], [[sga|léicid|t=lets go, leaves]], [[got|𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽|tr=leihwan|t=to lend]] and [[en|loan]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Its perfect and participle continue the inherited perfect *(le-)loikʷ- and participle *likʷto-.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius, who tells how Aeneas left the city of Troy.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to leave or quit a place, and to forsake or abandon a person, as a slave who leaves his master under siege in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to give up an activity or feeling, as in Virgil's ''fugae nē linque labōrem'', and to leave something behind or let it remain, as Plautus' wolves left among the sheep.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) On one's death it meant to leave, bequeath.^(OLD 2012) In prose the compound [[relinquō]] was more common.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Through its compounds it is the source of [[en|relinquish]], [[en|delinquent]] and [[en|relic]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of Aeneas leaving Troy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of abandoning a master.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of giving up an effort.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|leave]], quit (a place).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|forsake]], abandon (a person).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give up (an activity, feeling).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To leave behind, let remain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To leave at one's death, [[m|en|bequeath]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlinquō]]

+ * [[relinquō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|relinquish]]

+ * [[en|relic]]

+ * [[en|loan]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}