ăb-ĕo, ĭvi or ii, ītum, īre, v. n. (abin= abisne, Plaut. and Ter.; abiit, dissyl., v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 153), to go from a place, to go away, depart.
I Lit..
A In gen., constr. with ab, ex , the simple abl., the acc. with in , the local adv. hinc , and absol. : abeo ab illo, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 70: abi in malam rem maxumam a me, id. Ep. 1, 1, 72 (v. infra); so id. Bacch. 4, 9, 107: abin e conspectu meo? id. Am. 1, 3, 20 (but also abin ab oculis? id. Trin. 4, 2, 140: id. Truc. 2, 5, 24): abituros agro Argivos, id. Am. 1, 1, 53: abire in aliquas terras, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: insanus, qui hinc abiit modo, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61: abi prae, jam ego sequar, go on, I will soon follow , id. Am. 1, 3, 45. —With supine : abiit exsulatum, into exile , Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 6; Liv. 2, 15 fin. ; cf.: abi deambulatum, Ter. Heaut. 587. — Absol. : (Catilina) abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1: praetor de sellā surrexit atque abiit, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65 fin. : quae dederat abeuntibus, Verg. A. 1, 196 al.: sub jugum abire, Liv. 3, 2, 8 fin. — With inf.: abi quaerere, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 26. —Of things: cornus sub altum pectus abit, penetrates deeply , Verg. A. 9, 700.
B In partic.
1 To pass away , so that no trace remains; to disappear, vanish, cease .
a Of man, to die : qui nune abierunt hinc in communem locum (i.e. in Orcum), Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; cf.: ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit, Ter. Phorm. 1019; so also Cic.: abiit e vitā, Tusc. 1, 30, 74 al. —
b Of time, to pass away, elapse : dum haec abiit hora, Ter. Eun. 341: menses, id. Ad. 691: annus, Cic. Sest. 33, 72: abit dies, Cat. 61, 195: tota abit hora, Hor. S. 1, 5, 14. —
c Of other things: per inane profundum, Lucr. 1, 1108: nausea jam plane abiit? Cic. Att. 14, 10, 2; so id. Fam. 9, 20; Ov. M. 7, 290 al.
2 To be changed from one's own ways or nature into something else, to be transformed, metamorphosed; always constr. with in (chiefly poet., esp. in Ov. M., as a constant expression for metamorphosis): terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Müll.: in corpus corpore toto, to pass with their whole body into another , Lucr. 4, 1111: aut abit in somnum, is, as it were, wholly dissolved in sleep, is all sleep , id. 3, 1066: E in V abiit. Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.: in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti, Ov. M. 1, 236; id. ib. 2, 674: jam barba comaeque in silvas abeunt, id. ib. 4, 657; 4, 396; so id. ib. 3, 398; 8,555; 14, 499; 14, 551 al.: in vanum abibunt monentium verba, will dissolve into nothing, Sen. Ep. 94, 17; hence, in avi mores regem abiturum, would adopt the ways of , Liv. 1, 32.
II Trop.
A In gen., to depart from, to leave off, to turn aside : ut ab jure non abeat, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 114; so, ab emptione, Dig. 2, 14, 7, § 6; 18, 2, 14, § 2 sq.: a venditione, ib. 18, 5, 1: sed abeo a sensibus, leave , i. e. speak no more of , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 28, 9; so often with longe : non longe abieris, you need not go far to seek for examples, id. Fam. 7, 19; cf.: ne longius abeam, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Caec. 33, 95 al.: quid ad istas ineptias abis? why do you have recourse to —? id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47: abit causa in laudes Cn. Pompeii, Quint. 9, 2, 55: illuc, unde abii, redeo, I set out , Hor. S. 1, 1, 108: pretium retro abiit, has fallen , Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7.
B In partic.
1 With abl., to retire from an office or occupation: abiens magistratu, Cic. Pis. 3, 6; id. Fam. 5, 2, 7: Liv. 2, 27 fin. ; 3, 38 fin. al.; so, abire consulatu, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. flaminio, Liv. 26, 23 fin. : sacerdotio, Gell. 6, 7, 4: honore, Suet. Aug. 26: tutelā, Dig. 26, 4, 3, § 8; cf.: tutelā vel curā, ib. 26, 10, 3, § 18 al.
2 Of the consequence or result of an action, to turn out, end, terminate : mirabar hoc si sic abiret, Ter. And. 175: cf.: non posse ista sic abire, Cic. Att. 14, 1; so id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; Cat. 14, 16 al.
3 In auctions, t. t., not to be knocked down to one : si res abiret ab eo mancipe, should not fall to him , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54; cf.: ne res abiret ab eo, that he may purchase it , id. 2, 3, 64; so Dig. 18, 2, 1; 50, 17, 205.
4 The imper . abi is often a simple exclamation or address, either with a friendly or reproachful signif.
a Abi, Indis me, credo, Begone, you are fooling me! Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32; so Ter. Ad. 564; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 205. —
b Begone! be off! abi modo, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 20: abi, nescis inescare homines, Ter. Ad. 220; bence in the malediction, abi in malam rem! go be hanged! Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 17: abin hine in malam crucem? id. Most. 3, 2, 163 (cf. Cic.: quin tu abis in malam pestem malumque cruciatum? Phil. 13, 21); v. crux and cruciatus.