delinquo

Latin > English

delinquo delinquere, deliqui, delictus V :: fail (duty), be wanting/lacking, fall short; offend/do wrong/err/commit offence

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-linquo: līqui, lictum, 3 (
I perf. delinquerunt, Liv. 1, 32 codd.), v. n. and a., to fail, be wanting.
I Lit., to fail, be lacking, for the usual deficere (cf. 1. deliquium, = defectus—very rare): delinquere frumentum, Cael. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 390: delinquat aut superet aliquid tibi, Tubero ib.—
II Trop. (class.), to fail, be wanting in one's duty; to commit a fault, to do wrong, transgress, offend; and, delinquere aliquid, to commit, do something wrong.
   (a)    Absol.: QVOD POPVLVS HERMVNDVLVS HOMINESQVE POPVLI HERMVNDVLI ADVERSVS POPVLVM ROMANVM BELLVM FECERE DELIQVERVNTQVE, etc., an old formula used in declaring war, Gell. 16, 4; cf. id. ap. Liv. 1, 32: an quia non delinquunt viri? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 41: ut condemnaretur filius aut nepos, si pater aut avus deliquisset? Cic. N. D. 3, 38: mercede delinquere (opp. gratis recte facere), Sall. Hist. Fragm. 3, 61, 5 Dietsch: in vita, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4 fin.; cf.: in bello miles, id. Clu. 46; and: hac quoque in re, id. Inv. 2, 10, 33: in ancilla, Ov. M. 2, 8, 9: deliquere homines adulescentuli per ambitionem, Sall. C. 52, 26: paulum deliquit amicus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 84: multo jam ut praestet laxitate delinquere, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94.—Of errors in language, Quint. 1, 5, 49.—
   (b)    With acc. respect.: dum caveatur praeter aequum ne quid delinquat, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 14; so, quid, id. Men. 5, 2, 30; id. Ps. 4, 7, 129; Cic. Agr. 2, 36 fin.; Sall. C. 51, 12: quae, id. J. 28, 4: quid erga aliquem, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 9: quid ego tibi deliqui? id. Am. 2, 2, 185.—With object. acc.: flagitia, Tac. A. 12, 54 fin.; cf.: multo majora deliquit, Vulg. 2 Par. 33, 23.—Pass.: adulterium quod pubertate delinquitur, Dig. 48, 5, 38; cf. delictum.—Pass. impers.: ut nihil a me adhuc delictum putem, Cic. Att. 9, 10 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēlinquō,¹⁰ līquī, lictum, linquĕre, intr.,
1 faire défaut, faire faute, manquer : Tubero et Cæl. d. Serv. En. 4, 390
2 [fig.] manquer moralement, faillir, être en faute : artem vitæ professus delinquit in vita Cic. Tusc. 2, 12, enseignant l’art de se conduire, il pèche dans sa conduite || [acc. de relat.] : si quid deliquero Cic. Agr. 2, 100, si je manque en qqch., si je commets une faute ; hæc, quæ deliquit Cic. Inv. 2, 106, ces points où il a failli, les fautes qu’il a commises, cf. Sall. J. 28, 4 ; flagitia quæ duo deliquerant Tac. Ann. 12, 54, les forfaits que tous deux avaient commis ; cf. Liv. 26, 12, 6 || [pass.] si quid delinquitur Cic. Off. 1, 146, s’il y a une faute commise ; nihil a me delictum puto Cic. Att. 9, 10, 10, je ne crois pas qu’il y ait eu faute de ma part.

Latin > German (Georges)

dē-linquo, līquī, lictum, ere, I) v. tr. zurücklassen, quem unā cum equis duobus ibidem sibi subsidiarium deliquerat, Iul. Val. 2, 27. p. 95, 27 K. – II) v. intr. ausgehen, fehlen, 1) eig.: delinquere frumentum, Sardiniam hostes tenere, Coel. Antip. fr. inc. 58 (bei Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 390): nam delinquat aut superet aliquid tibi, Tubero fr. 13 (bei Serv. a. a. O.): cum subito segetes hominibus delinquerent, Schol. Caes. Germ. Arat. 336. p. 414 E.: lunae vel nascentis incrementa vel senescentis dispendia vel delinquentis obstacula, Apul. flor. 18. p. 31, 6 Kr. – 2) übtr.: a) moralisch, in seiner Pflicht fehlen, es (etwas) versehen, sich vergehen, absol. od. m. Ang. worin? durch in u. Abl.; m. Ang. gegen wen? durch in od. adversus m. Akk., auch (in bezug auf etw.) m. allg. Acc. (quid u. dgl.), absol., tu delinquis, ego arguor, Enn. scen. 225: alii simul delinquunt, censores sumus, Phaedr.: si pater aut avus deliquisset, Cic.: deliquere homines adulescentuli per ambitionem, Sall.: si cunctatione deliqui, virtute corrigam, Tac.: prout bellis externis meruerant aut domi seditione deliquerant, Tac.: quod (weil) populi priscorum Latinorum adversus populum Romanum deliquerunt, Liv. 1, 32, 13: Ggstz., melius habent mercede delinquere, quam gratis recte facere, Sall. fr.: hac quoque in re eum deliquisse, Cic.: (miles) in bello propter hostium metum deliquerat, Cic.: philosophus in vitae ratione peccans hoc turpior est, quod in officio, cuius magister esse vult, labitur artemque vitae professus delinquit in vita, Cic. – m. allg. Acc., non edepol deliqui quicquam, Plaut.: quodcumque deliquisset, ignosciturum affirmabat, Calp. Pis. fr.: si ille quid deliquerit, Plaut.: si quid deliquero, Cic.: nescio quid in vos imprudens deliqui, Curt.: paulum deliquit amicus, Hor.: si quid iracundiā deliquēre, Sall.: quae libidine deliquerant, Tac.: ut nihil a me adhuc delictum putem, Cic. – mit andern Objekten, quia maiora in defectione deliquerant, Liv. 26, 12, 6: damnatusque flagitiorum, quae duo deliquerant, Cumanus, et quies provinciae reddita, Tac. ann. 12, 54. – Partiz. subst. delinquentes, die Delinquenten, Verbrecher, Paul. ex Fest. 115, 16. – übtr. auf Lebl., quod venti et fluctus deliquerint (an den Schiffen), Tac. ann. 14, 3. – b) gramm. t. t., fehlen, in alqa re, Quint. 1, 5, 49. Gell. 5, 4, 2.

Latin > Chinese

delinquo, is, liqui, lictum, linquere. act. n. 3. :: 悮分。錯。犯罪