calfacio

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Latin

Etymology

Syncope of earlier calē̆faciō, the latter superseded in speech by the 1st century CE, as testified by Quintillian. Paralleled in caldus, caldicerebrius.

Pronunciation

Verb

calfaciō (present infinitive calfacere, perfect active calfēcī, supine calfactum); third conjugation -variant, suppletive

  1. Alternative form of calefaciō

Conjugation

References

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