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Latin
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Italic *-fakāō. Doublet of faciō (“make, do”).
Suffix
-ficō (present infinitive -ficāre, perfect active -ficāvī, supine -ficātum); first conjugation
- Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives
- -ify
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ficō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ficus