ab-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit., polit. t. t.: to annul in all its parts a law now in force, to repeal , to abrogate wholly (whereas derogo means to abrogate partly and abrogo to counteract; v. these verbs), = ἀποκυρόω: rogando legem tollere, Front. Diff. 2195 P.; v. rogo (very freq. in Cic.): huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest, this law cannot be invalidated by an opposing one , nor modified by restrictions , nor wholly repealed , Cic. Rep. 3, 22, from which example (cf. also id. ib. 2, 37; id. Att. 3, 23, 2, and many others in Liv.) it is evident that abrogare was constr. in the classical period with acc., and not, as later, with dat.; cf. Liv. 9, 34 Drak.—
B Of a civil office: magistratum alicui, to take it from one , to recall it : si tibi magistratum abrogāsset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 57, 140; id. Dom. 83; so id. Off. 3, 10: Cato legem promulgavit de imperio Lentulo abrogando, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1 (so the correct read., not Lentuli ).—
II Trop., in gen., to take away , to deprive of : male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem, deprive others of credit , Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 41; so Cic. Rosc. Com. 15; id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 11, 36; Auct. ad Her. 1, 10.