abscedo

Latin

Etymology

From abs- (“from, away from”) +‎ cēdō (“move, walk; withdraw; yield”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈskeː.doː/, [äpˈs̠keːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈʃe.do/, [äbˈʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

abscēdō (present infinitive abscēdere, perfect active abscessī, supine abscessum); third conjugation

1. to go off or away, depart
2. to disappear, withdraw
3. to recede, retreat
4. (military) to withdraw (from combat, a siege); march off, depart, retire
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:

     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.

5. (figuratively) to leave off, desist

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abscēdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abscēdō		abscēdis		abscēdit		abscēdimus		abscēditis		abscēdunt
	imperfect	abscēdēbam		abscēdēbās		abscēdēbat		abscēdēbāmus		abscēdēbātis		abscēdēbant
	future	abscēdam		abscēdēs		abscēdet		abscēdēmus		abscēdētis		abscēdent
	perfect	abscessī		abscessistī		abscessit		abscessimus		abscessistis		abscessērunt, abscessēre
	pluperfect	abscesseram		abscesserās		abscesserat		abscesserāmus		abscesserātis		abscesserant
	future perfect	abscesserō		abscesseris		abscesserit		abscesserimus		abscesseritis		abscesserint
passive	present	abscēdor		abscēderis, abscēdere		abscēditur		abscēdimur		abscēdiminī		abscēduntur
	imperfect	abscēdēbar		abscēdēbāris, abscēdēbāre		abscēdēbātur		abscēdēbāmur		abscēdēbāminī		abscēdēbantur
	future	abscēdar		abscēdēris, abscēdēre		abscēdētur		abscēdēmur		abscēdēminī		abscēdentur
	perfect	abscessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abscessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abscessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abscēdam		abscēdās		abscēdat		abscēdāmus		abscēdātis		abscēdant
	imperfect	abscēderem		abscēderēs		abscēderet		abscēderēmus		abscēderētis		abscēderent
	perfect	abscesserim		abscesserīs		abscesserit		abscesserīmus		abscesserītis		abscesserint
	pluperfect	abscessissem		abscessissēs		abscessisset		abscessissēmus		abscessissētis		abscessissent
passive	present	abscēdar		abscēdāris, abscēdāre		abscēdātur		abscēdāmur		abscēdāminī		abscēdantur
	imperfect	abscēderer		abscēderēris, abscēderēre		abscēderētur		abscēderēmur		abscēderēminī		abscēderentur
	perfect	abscessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abscessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abscēde		—		—		abscēdite		—
	future	—		abscēditō		abscēditō		—		abscēditōte		abscēduntō
passive	present	—		abscēdere		—		—		abscēdiminī		—
	future	—		abscēditor		abscēditor		—		—		abscēduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abscēdere			abscēdī			abscēdēns			—
future		abscessūrum esse			abscessum īrī			abscessūrus			abscēdendus, abscēdundus
perfect		abscessisse			abscessum esse			—			abscessus
future perfect		—			abscessum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abscessūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abscēdendī		abscēdendō		abscēdendum		abscēdendō		abscessum		abscessū

Derived terms

• abscessiō
• abscessus

Descendants

• → English: abscess

References

• “abscedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abscedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abscedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

abscedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder

Spanish

Verb

abscedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absceder