What does relēgō mean in Latin?

relēgō, a verb, means “to despatch, send away; to banish, remove to a distance; to put aside, reject, remove”.

What are the principal parts of relēgō?

relēgō, relēgāre, relēgāvī, relēgātum (first conjugation).

How do you pronounce relēgō?

In classical Latin, [rɛˈɫeː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈlɛː.ɡo].

Where does relēgō come from?

Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin relēgō.

verbfirst conjugation

relēgō¹

relēgō (present infinitive relēgāre, perfect active relēgāvī, supine relēgātum)

Classical[rɛˈɫeː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[reˈlɛː.ɡo]

Meaning

to despatch, send away
to banish, remove to a distance
figurativelyto put aside, reject, remove; shift
figurativelyto refer (to a book or author), attribute, ascribe
to bequeath

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

procul mittō

banish

relēgō -āre — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 4

cīvem procul mittī iubeō, patriā careat

relēgō -āre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 24

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	relēgō	relēgābam relegēbam	relēgābō relegam	relēgāvī relēgī	relēgāveram relēgeram	relēgāverō relēgārō, relēgerō
2nd sg.	relēgās relegis	relēgābās relegēbās	relēgābis	relēgāvistī relēgāstī, relēgistī	relēgāverās relēgārās, relēgerās	relēgāveris
3rd sg.	relēgat relegit	relēgābat relegēbat	relēgābit	relēgāvit	relēgāverat relēgārat, relēgerat	relēgāverit relēgārit, relēgerit
1st pl.	relēgāmus relegimus	relēgābāmus relegēbāmus	relēgābimus	relēgāvimus	relēgāverāmus relēgerāmus	relēgāverimus relēgārimus, relēgerimus
2nd pl.	relēgātis relegitis	relēgābātis relegēbātis	relēgābitis	relēgāvistis relēgāstis, relēgistis	relēgāverātis relēgārātis, relēgerātis	relēgāveritis relēgāritis, relēgeritis
3rd pl.	relēgant relegunt	relēgābant relegēbant	relēgābunt	relēgāvērunt relēgāvēre, relēgārunt, relēgērunt	relēgāverant relēgārant, relēgerant	relēgāverint relēgārint, relēgerint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	relēgem relegam	relēgārem relegerem	relēgāverim relēgārim, relēgerim	relēgāvissem relēgāssem, relēgissem
2nd sg.	relēgēs	relēgārēs relegerēs	relēgāverīs	relēgāvissēs relēgāssēs, relēgissēs
3rd sg.	relēget	relēgāret relegeret	relēgāverit relēgārit, relēgerit	relēgāvisset relēgāsset, relēgisset
1st pl.	relēgēmus	relēgārēmus relegerēmus	relēgāverīmus relēgārīmus, relēgerīmus	relēgāvissēmus relēgāssēmus, relēgissēmus
2nd pl.	relēgētis	relēgārētis relegerētis	relēgāverītis relēgārītis, relēgerītis	relēgāvissētis relēgāssētis, relēgissētis
3rd pl.	relēgent	relēgārent relegerent	relēgāverint relēgārint, relēgerint	relēgāvissent relēgāssent, relēgissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	relēgor	relēgābar relegēbar	relēgābor relegar
2nd sg.	relēgāris relēgāre	relēgābāris relēgābāre, relegēbāre, relegēbāris	relēgāberis relēgābere
3rd sg.	relēgātur relegitur	relēgābātur relegēbātur	relēgābitur
1st pl.	relēgāmur relegimur	relēgābāmur relegēbāmur	relēgābimur
2nd pl.	relēgāminī	relēgābāminī relegēbāminī	relēgābiminī
3rd pl.	relēgantur releguntur	relēgābantur relegēbantur	relēgābuntur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	relēger	relēgārer relegerer
2nd sg.	relēgēris relēgēre	relēgārēris relēgārēre, relegerēre, relegerēris
3rd sg.	relēgētur	relēgārētur relegerētur
1st pl.	relēgēmur	relēgārēmur relegerēmur
2nd pl.	relēgēminī	relēgārēminī relegerēminī
3rd pl.	relēgentur	relēgārentur relegerentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	relēgā	relēgāre
pres. 2nd pl.	relēgāte relegite	relēgāminī
fut. 2nd sg.	relēgātō relegitō	relēgātor relegitor
fut. 3rd sg.	relēgātō relegitō	relēgātor relegitor
fut. 2nd pl.	relēgātōte relegitōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	relēgantō releguntō	relēgantor releguntor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	relēgāre relege	relēgārī
perfect infinitive	relēgāvisse relēgāsse, relēgisse	relēgātum esse
future infinitive	relēgātūrum esse	relēgātum īrī
present participle	relēgāns	—
perfect participle	—	relēgātus relēcta, relēctā, relēctae, relēctam, relēctārum, relēctās, relēcte, relēctī, relēctīs, relēctō, relēctōrum, relēctōs, relēctum, relēctus, relēgāta, relēgātā, relēgātae, relēgātam, relēgātārum, relēgātās, relēgātī, relēgātōrum, relēgātōs
future participle	relēgātūrus relēctūra, relēctūrā, relēctūrae, relēctūram, relēctūrārum, relēctūrās, relēctūre, relēctūrī, relēctūrīs, relēctūrō, relēctūrōrum, relēctūrōs, relēctūrum, relēctūrus, relēgātūra, relēgātūrā, relēgātūrae, relēgātūram, relēgātūrārum, relēgātūrās, relēgātūre, relēgātūrī, relēgātūrīs, relēgātūrō, relēgātūrōrum, relēgātūrōs, relēgātūrum	relēgandus relēganda, relēgandā, relēgandae, relēgandam, relēgandārum, relēgandās, relēgande, relēgandīs, relēgandōrum, relēgandōs, relegenda, relegendā, relegendae, relegendam, relegendārum, relegendās, relegende, relegendī, relegendīs, relegendō, relegendōrum, relegendōs, relegendum, relegendus, relegundus

gerundrelēgandī, relēgandō, relēgandumsupinerelēgātum, relēgātū

rĕ-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

I. To gather together or collect again (almost exclusively poet.): janua difficilis filo est inventa relecto, i. e. by the thread (of Ariadne) wound up again, Ov. M. 8, 173: (abies) docilis relegi, docilisque relinqui, i. e. to be drawn back, Val. Fl. 6, 237: menses decem a coactore releget (pecuniam), Cato, R. R. 150, 2. —

2. In partic., of localities, to travel over or through again, to traverse or sail over again: litora, Verg. A. 3, 690: Hellespontiacas illa (navis) relegit aquas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24: egressi relegunt campos, Val. Fl. 8, 121: vias, id. ib. 4, 54: iter, Stat. Achill. 1, 23; cf. id. S. 5, 3, 29: spatia retro, Sen. Agam. 572: ter caelum (luna), Stat. S. 5, 3, 29: vestigia cursu, Claud. B. G. 529: cursum, Prud. Apoth. 1004. — In prose: relegit Asiam, again coasts along, Tac. A. 2, 54: rex cum suis dumeta relegens, Amm. 30, 1, 15: relegens margines lacus Brigantiae, id. 15, 4, 1.—

II. To go through or over again in reading, in speech, or in thought, to read or relate again, = retractare (rarely in prose): Trojani belli scriptorem Praeneste relegi, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2: scripta, Ov. R. Am. 717 sq.: alicui librum, to read aloud, Col. 4, 1, 1: de nostris releges quemcunque libris, Mart. 4, 29, 9. — Absol.: deinde relegentes inveniunt, ubi posuerint (verba), Quint. 11, 2, 23: dum relegunt suos sermone labores, Ov. M. 4, 569: qui omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, ut elegantes ex eligendo, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72.—Acc to this last passage is to be explained: rĕlĭ-gens, entis, P. a., revering the gods, i. e. pious, religious: religentem esse oportet, religiosumst nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1.

Origins

Proto-Italic*wre-
Latinrelēgō

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō Latin relēgō From re- (“back, again”) + lēgō (“send, dispatch”).

Descendants

Catalanrelegar
Englishrelegate
Frenchreléguer
Italianrelegare
Portugueserelegar
Spanishrelegar
Galicianrelegar

In English words that came into English from relēgō

relegaterelēgātus
relegationrelēgātiō

verbthird conjugation

relegō²

relegō (present infinitive relegere, perfect active relēgī, supine relēctum)

Classical[ˈrɛ.ɫɛ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.le.ɡo]

Meaning

to gather, collect again, recover
to travel, traverse or sail over or through again
to go over or go through again in reading, speech, thought, read, relate or recite again, revise, recount

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	relegō	relegēbam relēgābam	relegam relēgābō	relēgī relēgāvī	relēgeram relēgāveram	relēgerō relēgārō, relēgāverō
2nd sg.	relegis	relegēbās relēgābās	relegēs relēgābis	relēgistī relēgāstī, relēgāvistī	relēgerās relēgārās, relēgāverās	relēgeris relēgāveris
3rd sg.	relegit	relegēbat relēgābat	releget relēgābit	relēgit relēgāvit	relēgerat relēgārat, relēgāverat	relēgerit relēgārit, relēgāverit
1st pl.	relegimus	relegēbāmus relēgābāmus	relegēmus relēgābimus	relēgimus relēgāvimus	relēgerāmus relēgāverāmus	relēgerimus relēgārimus, relēgāverimus
2nd pl.	relegitis	relegēbātis relēgābātis	relegētis relēgābitis	relēgistis relēgāstis, relēgāvistis	relēgerātis relēgārātis, relēgāverātis	relēgeritis relēgāritis, relēgāveritis
3rd pl.	relegunt	relegēbant relēgābant	relegent relēgābunt	relēgērunt relēgēre, relēgārunt, relēgāvēre, relēgāvērunt	relēgerant relēgārant, relēgāverant	relēgerint relēgārint, relēgāverint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	relegam relēgem	relegerem relēgārem	relēgerim relēgārim, relēgāverim	relēgissem relēgāssem, relēgāvissem
2nd sg.	relegās	relegerēs relēgārēs	relēgerīs relēgāverīs	relēgissēs relēgāssēs, relēgāvissēs
3rd sg.	relegat	relegeret relēgāret	relēgerit relēgārit, relēgāverit	relēgisset relēgāsset, relēgāvisset
1st pl.	relegāmus	relegerēmus relēgārēmus	relēgerīmus relēgārīmus, relēgāverīmus	relēgissēmus relēgāssēmus, relēgāvissēmus
2nd pl.	relegātis	relegerētis relēgārētis	relēgerītis relēgārītis, relēgāverītis	relēgissētis relēgāssētis, relēgāvissētis
3rd pl.	relegant	relegerent relēgārent	relēgerint relēgārint, relēgāverint	relēgissent relēgāssent, relēgāvissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	relegor	relegēbar relēgābar	relegar relēgābor
2nd sg.	relegeris relegere	relegēbāris relegēbāre, relēgābāre, relēgābāris	relegēris relegēre, relēgābere, relēgāberis
3rd sg.	relegitur	relegēbātur relēgābātur	relegētur relēgābitur
1st pl.	relegimur	relegēbāmur relēgābāmur	relegēmur relēgābimur
2nd pl.	relegiminī	relegēbāminī relēgābāminī	relegēminī relēgābiminī
3rd pl.	releguntur	relegēbantur relēgābantur	relegentur relēgābuntur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	relegar relēger	relegerer relēgārer
2nd sg.	relegāris relegāre	relegerēris relegerēre, relēgārēre, relēgārēris
3rd sg.	relegātur	relegerētur relēgārētur
1st pl.	relegāmur	relegerēmur relēgārēmur
2nd pl.	relegāminī	relegerēminī relēgārēminī
3rd pl.	relegantur	relegerentur relēgārentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	relege relēgā	relegere
pres. 2nd pl.	relegite relēgāte	relegiminī
fut. 2nd sg.	relegitō relēgātō	relegitor relēgātor
fut. 3rd sg.	relegitō relēgātō	relegitor relēgātor
fut. 2nd pl.	relegitōte relēgātōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	releguntō relēgantō	releguntor relēgantor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	relegere	relegī relēgārī
perfect infinitive	relēgisse relēgāsse, relēgāvisse	relēctum esse
future infinitive	relēctūrum esse	relēctum īrī
present participle	relegēns	—
perfect participle	—	relēctus relēcta, relēctā, relēctae, relēctam, relēctārum, relēctās, relēcte, relēctī, relēctīs, relēctō, relēctōrum, relēctōs, relēgāta, relēgātā, relēgātae, relēgātam, relēgātārum, relēgātās, relēgāte, relēgātī, relēgātō, relēgātōrum, relēgātōs, relēgātum, relēgātus
future participle	relēctūrus relēctūra, relēctūrā, relēctūrae, relēctūram, relēctūrārum, relēctūrās, relēctūre, relēctūrī, relēctūrīs, relēctūrō, relēctūrōrum, relēctūrōs, relēctūrum, relēgātūra, relēgātūrā, relēgātūrae, relēgātūram, relēgātūrārum, relēgātūrās, relēgātūre, relēgātūrī, relēgātūrīs, relēgātūrō, relēgātūrōrum, relēgātūrōs, relēgātūrum, relēgātūrus	relegendus relegundus, relēganda, relēgandā, relēgandae, relēgandam, relēgandārum, relēgandās, relēgande, relēgandī, relēgandīs, relēgandō, relēgandōrum, relēgandōs, relēgandum, relēgandus, relegenda, relegendā, relegendae, relegendam, relegendārum, relegendās, relegende, relegendīs, relegendōrum, relegendōs

gerundrelegendī, relegendō, relegendumsupinerelēctum, relēctū

rĕ-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I. To send away or out of the way, to despatch, remove (class.; in class. prose usually with an odious accessory meaning; syn. amando).

A. Lit.

1. In gen.: (L. Manlium tribunus plebis) criminabatur, quod Titum filium ab hominibus relegasset et ruri habitare jussisset, Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Sen. Ben. 3, 37; Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; cf.: filium in praedia rustica, Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42: rejecti et relegati longe ab ceteris, Caes. B. G. 5, 30 fin.: procul Europā in ultima orientis relegati senes, Curt. 5, 5, 14: relegatos in ultimum paene rerum humanarum terminum, id. 9, 2, 9: cives tam procul ab domo, Liv. 9, 26: aliquem a republicā sub honorificentissimo ministerii titulo, Vell. 2, 45, 4: exercitum in aliā insulā, Tac. Agr. 15: me vel extremos Numidarum in agros Classe releget, Hor. C. 3, 11, 48: tauros procul atque in sola relegant Pascua, Verg. G. 3, 212.—Poet., with dat.: terris gens relegata ultimis, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: Trivia Hippolytum ... nymphae Egeriae nemorique relegat, consigns him to Egeria, Verg. A. 7, 775. —

b. Transf., of a locality, to place at a distance, remove: Taprobane extra orbem a naturā relegata, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84; cf. Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 250. —

2. In partic., a publicists' t. t., to send into exile, to banish, relegate; said of banishment by which a person was sent only a certain distance from Rome, and usually for a limited time, without suffering a capitis deminutio (cf. deportatio and exilium): relegatus, non exsul, dicor in illo, Ov. Tr. 2, 137; 5, 11, 21; 5, 2, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 40: (consul) L. Lamiam ... in concione relegavit, edixitque, ut ab urbe abesset millia passuum ducenta, Cic. Sest. 12, 29: Marcus Piso in decem annos relegatur, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.; Suet. Tib. 50; id. Aug. 24: ipse quosdam novo exemplo relegavit, ut ultra lapidem tertium vetaret egredi ab Urbe, id. Claud. 23 fin.: nemo eorum relegatus in exilium est, Liv. 25, 6; cf.: milites relegatos prope in exilium, id. 26, 2 fin.: ultra Karthaginem, id. 40, 41: aliquem Circeios in perpetuum, Suet. Aug. 16 fin.: in decem annos, Tac. A. 3, 17: in insulam, id. 3, 86. —

B. Trop., to send away, put aside, reject: apud quem ille sedens Samnitium dona relegaverat, had sent back, rejected, Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 Moser (for which: repudiati Samnites, Cic. Sen. 16, 55): ambitione relegatā, put aside, apart, Hor. S. 1, 10, 84: bella, Luc. 6, 324 (dimoveam, removeam, Schol.): inimicas vitiis artes non odio magis quam reverentia, Plin. Pan. 47, 1: verba alicujus, Ov. P. 2, 2, 7. —

2. In partic., with a specification of the term. ad quem, to refer, attribute, ascribe, impute (post-Aug.): nec tamen ego in plerisque eorum obstringam fidem meam potiusque ad auctores relegabo, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8: totamque ad solos audito res relegāsse, Quint. 3, 7, 1: orationem rectae honestaeque vitae ad philosophos, id. 1, prooem. § 10: mala ad crimen fortunae, id. 6, prooem. § 13; cf.: culpam in hominem, id. 7, 4, 13: invidiam in aliquem, Vell. 2, 44, 2; 2, 64, 2 Ruhnk.— Poet., with dat.: causas alicui, to ascribe, Tib. 4, 6, 5.—

3. To refer to a book or an author: ad auctores, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8 (cf. Nep. Cat. 3, 5, delegare).—

II. In jurid. Lat., to bequeath, devise, as an inheritance: dotem, Dig. 33, 4, 1 sq.; 23, 5, 8: usum fructum, ib. 23, 2, 23.

Origins

Proto-Italic*wre-
Latinrelegō

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin relegō From re- (“again”) + legō (“choose, gather”).

In English words that came into English from relegō

religionreligiō
religiousreligiōsus
religiophobiareligiō

Quick answers

What does relēgō mean in Latin?: relēgō, a verb, means “to despatch, send away; to banish, remove to a distance; to put aside, reject, remove”.
What are the principal parts of relēgō?: relēgō, relēgāre, relēgāvī, relēgātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce relēgō?: In classical Latin, [rɛˈɫeː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈlɛː.ɡo].
Where does relēgō come from?: Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin relēgō.

Meaning

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

Lewis & Short 1879Elementary Lewis 1890

Origins

In English words that came into English from relēgō

Related words

Meaning

Conjugation conjugation 3

Lewis & Short 1879

Origins

In English words that came into English from relegō

Related words

Quick answers