RELINQUENS, relinquens
Sounds Like: reh-LIN-kwens
Translations: leaving, abandoning, forsaking, giving up, deserting
From the root: RELINQUO
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: RELINQUENS is the present active participle of the Latin verb RELINQUO, meaning 'to leave behind' or 'to abandon'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action that is happening concurrently with the main verb. It can be translated as 'leaving' or 'one who leaves'. It is a compound word formed from 're-' (back, again) and 'linquo' (to leave).
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Singular, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, All genders
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, RELINQUO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- RELICTUM — left behind, abandoned, remaining, remnant, a remnant, a remainder, that which is left
- RELINQUENTES — leaving, abandoning, forsaking, deserting
- RELINQUO — I leave, I abandon, I forsake, I relinquish, I give up, I neglect
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