con-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. (a strengthened cedo, and corresp. with it in most of its signiff.); lit., to go, walk; hence,
I Neutr. , with reference to the terminus a quo, to go or walk away from a place, to depart, retire, withdraw, remove from (in lit. signif. rare but class.).
A In gen.: concedite atque abscedite omnes, de viā decedite, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; so absol. , Ter. Eun. 182; id. Hec. 597; cf.: ipsae concedite silvae, farewell , Verg. E. 10, 63.—With prep.: a foribus, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 82: abs te, id. Pers. 1, 1, 51: ab oculis alicujus, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: superis ab oris, Verg. A. 2, 91: ex aedibus, Ter. Hec. 679.—With abl. only: oculis, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 16: caelo, Verg. A. 10, 215: solio, Sil. 3, 628.—With adv.: hinc, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 206; id. Heaut. 572.—
B Esp.
1 Pregn. ( = cedo, II. A. 2.), to pass away, disappear, vanish , in Tac. (with and without vitā), to depart from life, die : tumor et irae Concessere deūm, Verg. A. 8, 41: vitā, to die , Tac. A. 1, 3; 3, 30; 6, 39; 12, 39; 14, 51; and absol. : quandoque concessero, id. ib. 4, 38; 13, 30; the same: concessit superis ab oris, Verg. A. 2, 91; cf.: vitā per auras concessit ad Manes, id. ib. 10, 820. —
2 With dat. or absol. , prop. qs. to go out of the way for one (on account of his wishes, or his superior power or excellence), i. e. to yield to, submit, give way to, adapt one's self to.
a To yield or submit to power or compulsion : ut magnitudini medicinae doloris magnitudo concederet, Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63: certum est, concedere homini nato nemini, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 15: neque nox quoquam concedit die (i. e. diei), id. Am. 1, 1, 120 (cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 48): cedant arma togae, concedat laurea linguae, Cic. Poët. Off. 1, 22, 77 (cf. id. Pis. 30, 74, and Quint. 11, 1, 24): bellum ac tumultum paci atque otio concessurum, id. Pis. 30, 73: voluptatem concessuram dignitati, id. Fin. 3, 1, 1: injuriae, Sall. J. 14, 24: obsidioni, i. e. permit , Tac. A. 13, 40: operi meo concedite, Ov. M. 8, 393; id. F. 1, 222: naturae, i. e. to die , Sall. J. 14, 15; so, fato, Plin. Pan. 11, 3: fatis magnis, Val. Fl. 1, 554: apparebat aut hostibus aut civibus de victoriā concedendum esse, Liv. 4, 6, 6; cf. so impers. : postquam concessum propemodum de victoriā credebant, id. 3, 60, 4.—
b To give place to in excellence, dignity, rank , etc., to yield to, to give precedence : me amantissimum tui, nemini concedentem, Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 2; so id. ib. 4, 3, 1; 4, 3, 4: etsi de cupiditate nemini concedam, id. Att. 12, 47, 2: sese unis Suebis concedere, Caes. B. G. 4, 7: majestati ejus viri concedere, Liv. 6, 6, 7: aetati, Sall. J. 11, 4; id. H. Fragm. 1, 17; cf. so impers. : Sulla, cujus facundiae, non aetati a Manlio concessum, id. J. 102, 4: vigenti Silio, Tac. A. 3, 43: seniori Sentio, id. ib. 2, 74: ut vix Apronio illi de familiaritate concedere videatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 108: Antario Varoque de gloriā, Tac. H. 3, 64: nemini in illa causā studio et cupiditate concedere, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: nec amore in hanc patriam nobis concedunt, Tac. A. 11, 24: nec, si muneribus certes, concedat Iollas, Verg. E. 2, 57.—With acc. of quantity (cf. 3. infra): magistro tantulum de arte, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118: alicui quicquam in desperatione, id. Att. 14, 18, 3. —
c To yield, submit to one's will, comply with one's wishes : ut tibi concedam, neque tuae libidini advorsabor, Ter. Hec. 245: matri meae, id. ib. 478: concessit senatus postulationi tuae, Cic. Mur. 23, 47: jurisconsultis concedi, id. Caecin. 24, 67.— Impers. : Caesar ... concedendum non putabat, Caes. B. G. 1, 7.—
d Like συγχωρεῖν τινι, to assent to, concede to : nunquamne hodie concedes mihi Neque intelleges, etc., Ter. Phorm. 805 (credes, consenties, Ruhnk.): stultum me fateor, liceat concedere veris, Hor. S. 2, 3, 305 (cf. in Gr. συγχωρεῖν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ).—
e To assent to, grant, pardon, allow , etc.: quos (judices) alienis peccatis concessuros putes, quo facilius ipsis peccare liceat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223: poëtae non ignoscit, nobis concedit, id. de Or. 3, 51, 198: dicto concedi, id. Rosc. Am. 1, 3: cui (vitio) si concedere nolis, Hor. S. 1, 4, 140; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 85.—Hence (cf. cedo, II. A. 3. fin. ),
3 Act. , with acc. (and dat.) aliquid alicui.
a To grant, concede, allow; to consign something over to, to resign, yield, vouchsafe, confirm to , etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition): illum mihi aequius est quam me illi quae volo concedere, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 47: si nunc de tuo jure concessisses paululum, Ter. Ad. 217: partem octavam pretii, Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3: date hoc et concedite pudori meo, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32; cf. Ter. Hec. 258: alicui primas in dicendo partis, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49: amicis quicquid velint, id. Lael. 11, 38: neque quicquam illius audaciae, id. Caecin. 35, 103: doctrinam alicui, Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf.: artes tibi, Cic. Quint. 30, 93: intellegentiam, prudentiam, Quint. 12, 1, 3: principatum imperii maritimi Atheniensibus, Nep. Timo th. 2, 2; cf. id. Dion, 6, 3; Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 4; Prop. 2 (3), 15, 37; cf.: tempus quieti, aut luxuriae, Sall. J. 61, 3: tempestivum pueris ludum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 142: libertatem his, Caes. B. G. 4, 15 fin. : vitam alicui, Suet. Caes. 68; id. Aug. 13; 16: crimen gratiae, i. e. to accuse or inform against for the sake of favor , Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 19: peccata alicui, to pardon him , id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128: delicta, Suet. Ner. 29.— Pass. : Siciliam nimis celeri desperatione rerum concessam, had been ceded, given up , Liv. 21, 1, 5: Scaevolae concessa est facundiae virtus, Quint. 12, 3, 9; 10, 1, 100 et saep.: acrius ... Ulcisci, quam nunc concessum est legibus aequis, Lucr. 5, 1148; cf. Nep. Them. 10 fin. ; Suet. Tib. 18.—Poet., with in and acc.: concessit in iras Ipse ... genitor Calydona Dianae, gave over to be punished , Verg. A. 7, 305.—
β With dat. and inf.: nec nostrā dicere linguā Concedit nobis patrii sermonis egestas, Lucr. 1, 831; so, ducere neptem, Cat. 64, 29: esse poëtis, Hor. A. P. 373; Suet. Aug. 44 et saep.— Impers. pass. : de re publicā nisi per concilium loqui non conceditur, Caes. B. G. 6, 20 fin. : quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12; Quint. 12, 1, 37; 12, 1, 42; 8, 6, 76; Suet. Ner. 12: servis quoque pueros hujus aetatis verberare concedimus, Curt. 8, 8, 3: concedunt plangere matri, Stat. Th. 6, 134: cum accusare etiam palam concessum sit, Quint. 6, 3, 28; 2, 17, 27; 11, 3, 150: 8, 3, 30; 12, 3, 8 al.—Poet.: fatis numquam concessa moveri Camarina, not allowed. forbidden to be removed , Verg. A. 3, 700; cf. also personally: haec ubi conceduntur esse facta, for conceditur haec esse facta, Cic. Caecin. 15, 44.—
γ With acc. and inf.: non omnia corpora vocem Mittere concedis, you grant , Lucr. 2, 835: oculos falli, id. 4, 380; Quint. 2, 5, 25: culpam inesse concedam, Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76: poëtas legendos oratori futuro, Quint. 1, 10, 29.— Pass. impers. : concedatur profecto verum esse, ut, etc., Cic. Lael. 14, 50. —
δ With ut or ne : nec vero histrionibus oratoribusque concedendum est, ut iis haec apta sint, nobis dissoluta, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129: verum concedo tibi ut ea praetereas, quae, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54: concedant ut viri boni fuerint, id. Lael. 5, 18; id. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Lucr. 2, 658: non concedo, ut sola sint, Quint. 6, 2, 11 al.: cui concedi potest, ut? etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 21: ut concedatur ne in conspectum veniat, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.—
ε With a simple subj.: concedo sit dives, Cat. 114, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 523. —
ζ Absol. : beatos esse deos sumpsisti: concedimus, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 2: consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 44.—
b = condono, to grant or yield something to one as a favor or from regard, to desist from, forbear, give up; forgive, pardon : inimicitias rei publicae, to give up for the sake of the State , Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 44: petitionem alicui, from regard to , id. Phil. 2, 2, 4: peccata liberum parentum misericordiae, id. Clu. 69, 195: cum Marcellum senatui reique publicae concessisti, id. Marcell. 1, 3: ut concessisti illum (sc. Marcellum) senatui, sic da hunc (sc. Ligarium) populo, as you have pardoned him in deference to the Senate , id. Lig. 12, 37; cf. Nep. Att. 7 fin. ; Tac. A. 2, 55; 4, 31: Montanus patri concessus est, id. ib. 16, 33 fin.
II Neutr. , in respect to the terminus ad quem, to go, walk, betake one's self somewhere, to retire, withdraw to , etc.; with ad, in , or adv.: tantisper hic ego ad januam concessero, Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 6 Wagn.; cf.: ad Manes, i. e. to die , Verg. A. 10, 820: ad victorem, Tac. H. 2, 51: ad dexteram, Ter. And. 751: caeli distributio docet unde fulmen venerit, quo concesserit, Cic. Div. 2, 20, 45; so Lucr. 1, 380: huc, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 28; id. Trin. 2, 4, 116; Ter. Heaut. 174; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 270, 8: istuc, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 56; Ter. Eun. 706: vis animae in altum, Lucr. 4, 919: in delubrum, Liv. 30, 20, 6: in hiberna, id. 26, 20, 6; cf.: Carthaginem Novam in hiberna, id. 21, 15, 3: Argos habitatum, Nep. Them. 8, 1: Cythnum, Tac. A. 3, 69: Neapolin, id. ib. 14, 10: Patavium, id. H. 3, 11: in insulam, id. ib. 5, 19: in turbam, Hor. S. 1, 4, 143: trans Rhenum, Tac. H. 5, 23: concede huc a foribus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 48: hinc intro, id. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 206: hinc aliquo ab ore eorum, id. Heaut. 572; cf.: aliquo ab eorum oculis, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: hinc rus, Ter. Hec. 629.—
B Trop.: in aliquid, of entering into an alliance, yielding to, etc., to agree or consent to, to assent, to submit, yield , or resign one's self, to acquiesce in, to go or pass over to any thing (freq. in the histt.): mulier, conjuncta viro, concessit in unum Conubium, Lucr. 5, 1010; cf.: in matrimonium, Just. 24, 2, 10: victi omnes in gentem nomenque imperantium concessere, were merged in, passed over into , Sall. J. 18, 12; so, in paucorum potentium jus atque dicionem, id. C. 20, 7; cf.: in dicionem, Liv. 38, 16, 9: in dominationem, Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.: in deditionem, Liv. 28, 7, 9; 39, 2, 4; 42, 53, 7: in Tyrias leges, Sil. 15, 6: in condiciones, Liv. 2, 33, 1: in sententiam, id. 32, 23, 12; 32, 36, 8; Tac. A. 1, 79 fin. ; cf.: in illos, assent to, yield to them , Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Acad. 3, 7: in partes, Tac. H. 2, 1.