(verb) : linquo, līqui, 3 (
* Part. lictus, Capitol. M. Aurel. 7 dub.), Gr. λιπ- in λείπω, λοιπός; cf. Lat. licet.
* To leave, quit, forsake, depart from something (cf.: destituo, desero): urbem exsul linquat,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 69: terram,Cic. Planc. 10, 26: nil intentatum nostri liquere poëtae,Hor. A. P. 285: linquenda tellus,id. C. 2, 14, 21.—Absol., to go away: linquebat comite ancilla una,Juv. 6, 119.
* Esp.
* To leave, give up, resign, abandon something: linquamus haec,Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 38: linquamus naturam, artesque videamus,id. ib. 3, 46, 180: linque severa,Hor. C. 3, 8, 28: spem,Val. Fl. 1, 631: inrita ventosae linquens promissa procellae,Cat. 64, 59.
* To leave in any place or condition: erum in opsidione linquet,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 14: lupos apud oves,id. Ps. 1, 2, 8.
* To leave behind: linquere vacuos cultoribus agros,Luc. 9, 162: sui monumentum insigne pericli,Val. Fl. 5, 231: pharetram hospitio,id. 1, 661.
* Impers. pass.: linquitur, it is left, it remains.— With ut and subj.: linquitur, ut totis animalibus adsimulentur. Lucr. 2, 914: et vix cernere linquitur undas, Silv. 4, 628.

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