verbthird conjugation
abscēdō
abscēdō (present infinitive abscēdere, perfect active abscessī, supine abscessum)
Classical[apˈskeː.doː]Ecclesiastical[abˈʃɛː.do]
Meaning
- to go off or away, depart
- to disappear, withdraw
- to recede, retreat
- to withdraw (from combat, a siege); march off, depart, retire
Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1 - figurativelyto leave off, desist
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
discēdōabscēdō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 11 and IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 10
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abscēdō | abscēdēbam | abscēdam | abscessī | abscesseram | abscesserō |
| 2nd sg. | abscēdis | abscēdēbās | abscēdēs | abscessistī | abscesserās | abscesseris |
| 3rd sg. | abscēdit | abscēdēbat | abscēdet | abscessit | abscesserat | abscesserit |
| 1st pl. | abscēdimus | abscēdēbāmus | abscēdēmus | abscessimus | abscesserāmus | abscesserimus |
| 2nd pl. | abscēditis | abscēdēbātis | abscēdētis | abscessistis | abscesserātis | abscesseritis |
| 3rd pl. | abscēdunt | abscēdēbant | abscēdent | abscessērunt abscessēre | abscesserant | abscesserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abscēdam | abscēderem | abscesserim | abscessissem |
| 2nd sg. | abscēdās | abscēderēs | abscesserīs | abscessissēs |
| 3rd sg. | abscēdat | abscēderet | abscesserit | abscessisset |
| 1st pl. | abscēdāmus | abscēderēmus | abscesserīmus | abscessissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | abscēdātis | abscēderētis | abscesserītis | abscessissētis |
| 3rd pl. | abscēdant | abscēderent | abscesserint | abscessissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abscēdor | abscēdēbar | abscēdar |
| 2nd sg. | abscēderis abscēdere | abscēdēbāris abscēdēbāre | abscēdēris abscēdēre |
| 3rd sg. | abscēditur | abscēdēbātur | abscēdētur |
| 1st pl. | abscēdimur | abscēdēbāmur | abscēdēmur |
| 2nd pl. | abscēdiminī | abscēdēbāminī | abscēdēminī |
| 3rd pl. | abscēduntur | abscēdēbantur | abscēdentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abscēdar | abscēderer |
| 2nd sg. | abscēdāris abscēdāre | abscēderēris abscēderēre |
| 3rd sg. | abscēdātur | abscēderētur |
| 1st pl. | abscēdāmur | abscēderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | abscēdāminī | abscēderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | abscēdantur | abscēderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | abscēde | abscēdere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | abscēdite | abscēdiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | abscēditō | abscēditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | abscēditō | abscēditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | abscēditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | abscēduntō | abscēduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | abscēdere | abscēdī |
| perfect infinitive | abscessisse | abscessum esse |
| future infinitive | abscessūrum esse | abscessum īrī |
| present participle | abscēdēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | abscessus abscessa, abscessā, abscessae, abscessam, abscessārum, abscessās, abscesse, abscessīs, abscessō, abscessōrum, abscessōs |
| future participle | abscessūrus abscessūra, abscessūrā, abscessūrae, abscessūram, abscessūrārum, abscessūrās, abscessūre, abscessūrī, abscessūrīs, abscessūrō, abscessūrōrum, abscessūrōs, abscessūrum | abscēdendus abscēdundus, abscēdenda, abscēdendā, abscēdendae, abscēdendam, abscēdendārum, abscēdendās, abscēdende, abscēdendīs, abscēdendōrum, abscēdendōs, abscēdunda, abscēdundā, abscēdundae, abscēdundam, abscēdundārum, abscēdundās, abscēdunde, abscēdundī, abscēdundīs, abscēdundō, abscēdundōrum, abscēdundōs, abscēdundum |
gerundabscēdendī, abscēdendō, abscēdendumsupineabscessum, abscessū
abs-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. (sync. abscēssem = abscessissem, Sil. 8, 109),
I. to go off or away, to depart.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
abscede hinc, sis, sycophanta, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 162: meo e conspectu, id. Capt. 2, 3, 74: numquam senator a curiā abscessit aut populus e foro, Liv. 27, 50, 4; so, a corpore (mortui), Tac. A. 1, 7; cf. id. ib. 3, 5: ut abscesserit inde (i. e. e castris) dictator, Liv. 22, 25, 9: illorum navis longe in altum abscesserat, Plaut. Rud. prol. 66.B. In partic.
1. Milit. t. t., to march off, to depart, retire:
non prius Thebani Spartā abscessissent quam, etc., Nep. Iphicr. 2 fin.: longius ab urbe hostium, Liv. 3, 8, 8; cf.: a moenibus Alexandriae, id. 44, 19, 11.—Absol.: si urgemus obsessos, si non ante abscedimus quam, etc., Liv. 5, 4, 10; so Nep. Epam. 9.—Impers.: abscedi ab hoste, Liv. 22, 33, 10; cf. id. 27, 4, 1: nec ante abscessum est quam, etc., id. 29, 2, 16; so, a moenibus abscessum est, id. 45, 11, 7: manibus aequis abscessum, Tac. A. 1, 63.2. To disappear, withdraw, be lost from view: cor (est) in extis: jam abscedet, simul ac, etc., will disappear, Cic. Div. 2, 16 fin.—Poet.:
Pallada abscessisse mihi, has withdrawn from me, from my power, Ov. M. 5, 375.—Of stars, to set, Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72 al.3. Of localities, to retire, recede, retreat:
quantum mare abscedebat, retired, Liv. 27, 47 fin.; so in architecture: frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio, of the sides in the background, Vitr. 1, 2, 2; so id. 1, 2, 7, praef. 11.4. With respect to the result, to retire, to escape:
abscedere latere tecto, to escape with a whole skin, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5.II. Fig., to leave off, retire, desist from, constr. with ab, the simple abl., or absol.: labor ille a vobis cito recedet, benefactum a vobis non abscedet (followed by abibit), Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1 fin.; so,
cito ab eo haec ira abscedet, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 15.— With abl. only: haec te abscedat suspicio, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 100: abscedere irrito incepto, to desist from, Liv. 20, 7, 1.—Absol.: aegritudo abscesserit, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 29; so, somnus, Ov. F. 3, 307: imago, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6: ille abscessit (sc. petitione sua), desisted from the action, Tac. A. 2, 34: ne quid abscederet (sc. de hereditate), Suet. Ner. 34; so, semper abscedente usufructu, Dig. 7, 1, 3, § 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
abs-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere,
to give way, go off, move away, retire, withdraw, depart: a moenibus, L.: mihi ne abscedam imperat, T.: inde, L.: procul, O.—Of troops, to march away, retire, depart: longius ab urbe hostium, L.: Spartā, N.: abscedi non posse ab hoste, L.—Of things, to disappear: quantum mare abscedebat, tanto, etc., the farther the sea receded from view, L.—Fig., of a purpose or office, to desist from, abandon, give up: muneribus, L.—To get out of reach: Dianam Abscessisse mihi, O.: tecto latere, to get off unhurt, T.—Of conditions, etc., to pass away, disappear: ab eo ira abscedet, T.: somnus, O.
Origins
Latin abs- Proto-Italic *kezdō Latin cēdō Latin abscēdō From abs- (“from, away from”) + cēdō (“move, walk; withdraw; yield”).
Descendants
- Portugueseabsceder
- Spanishabsceder
- Middle Frenchabscéder