calefacio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caleō +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

Verb

calē̆faciō (present infinitive calē̆facere, perfect active calē̆fēcī, supine calē̆factum); third conjugation -variant, suppletive

  1. to warm or heat
  2. to rouse or excite

Usage notes

Superseded in urban speech by the syncopated form calfaciō by the 1st century CE.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *calfāre (see there for further descendants)

References

  • calefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.