benedico

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.neˈdi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: be‧ne‧dì‧co

Verb

benedico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of benedire
  2. first-person singular present indicative of benedicere

Latin

Etymology 1

    From bene (“well”) +‎ dīcō (“to speak”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    benedīcō (present infinitive benedīcere, perfect active benedīxī, supine benedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

    1. to speak well of someone, commend
      Antonyms: īnsultō, maledīcō, exsecror, obloquor, compellō, incessō, pulsō
    2. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to bless, praise
      Benedicite, omnia opera DominiBenedicite
      Bless, all the works of the Lord
    Usage notes

    This is used as a compound only outside of Classical Latin.

    Conjugation
       Conjugation of benedīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present benedīcō benedīcis benedīcit benedīcimus benedīcitis benedīcunt
    imperfect benedīcēbam benedīcēbās benedīcēbat benedīcēbāmus benedīcēbātis benedīcēbant
    future benedīcam benedīcēs benedīcet benedīcēmus benedīcētis benedīcent
    perfect benedīxī benedīxistī benedīxit benedīximus benedīxistis benedīxērunt,
    benedīxēre
    pluperfect benedīxeram benedīxerās benedīxerat benedīxerāmus benedīxerātis benedīxerant
    future perfect benedīxerō benedīxeris benedīxerit benedīxerimus benedīxeritis benedīxerint
    passive present benedīcor benedīceris,
    benedīcere     		benedīcitur benedīcimur benedīciminī benedīcuntur
    imperfect benedīcēbar benedīcēbāris,
    benedīcēbāre     		benedīcēbātur benedīcēbāmur benedīcēbāminī benedīcēbantur
    future benedīcar benedīcēris,
    benedīcēre     		benedīcētur benedīcēmur benedīcēminī benedīcentur
    perfect benedictus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect benedictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect benedictus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present benedīcam benedīcās benedīcat benedīcāmus benedīcātis benedīcant
    imperfect benedīcerem benedīcerēs benedīceret benedīcerēmus benedīcerētis benedīcerent
    perfect benedīxerim benedīxerīs benedīxerit benedīxerīmus benedīxerītis benedīxerint
    pluperfect benedīxissem benedīxissēs benedīxisset benedīxissēmus benedīxissētis benedīxissent
    passive present benedīcar benedīcāris,
    benedīcāre     		benedīcātur benedīcāmur benedīcāminī benedīcantur
    imperfect benedīcerer benedīcerēris,
    benedīcerēre     		benedīcerētur benedīcerēmur benedīcerēminī benedīcerentur
    perfect benedictus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect benedictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — benedīc,
    benedīce1     		— — benedīcite —
    future — benedīcitō benedīcitō — benedīcitōte benedīcuntō
    passive present — benedīcere — — benedīciminī —
    future — benedīcitor benedīcitor — — benedīcuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present benedīcere benedīcī benedīcēns —
    future benedictūrum esse benedictum īrī benedictūrus benedīcendus,
    benedīcundus
    perfect benedīxisse benedictum esse — benedictus
    future perfect — benedictum fore — —
    perfect potential benedictūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    benedīcendī benedīcendō benedīcendum benedīcendō benedictum benedictū

    1Old Latin.

    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Inflected form of benedicus.

    Adjective

    benedicō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of benedicus

    References

    • “benedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • benedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • benedico in Ramminger, Johann (July 16 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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