definio

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See also: definió

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēfīniō (present infinitive dēfīnīre, perfect active dēfīnīvī, supine dēfīnītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to bound, set bounds to; to limit
  2. to define, explain, designate by limiting
  3. to terminate, finish

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēfīniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfīniō dēfīnīs dēfīnit dēfīnīmus dēfīnītis dēfīniunt
imperfect dēfīniēbam dēfīniēbās dēfīniēbat dēfīniēbāmus dēfīniēbātis dēfīniēbant
future dēfīniam dēfīniēs dēfīniet dēfīniēmus dēfīniētis dēfīnient
perfect dēfīnīvī dēfīnīvistī dēfīnīvit dēfīnīvimus dēfīnīvistis dēfīnīvērunt,
dēfīnīvēre
pluperfect dēfīnīveram dēfīnīverās dēfīnīverat dēfīnīverāmus dēfīnīverātis dēfīnīverant
future perfect dēfīnīverō dēfīnīveris dēfīnīverit dēfīnīverimus dēfīnīveritis dēfīnīverint
passive present dēfīnior dēfīnīris,
dēfīnīre 		dēfīnītur dēfīnīmur dēfīnīminī dēfīniuntur
imperfect dēfīniēbar dēfīniēbāris,
dēfīniēbāre 		dēfīniēbātur dēfīniēbāmur dēfīniēbāminī dēfīniēbantur
future dēfīniar dēfīniēris,
dēfīniēre 		dēfīniētur dēfīniēmur dēfīniēminī dēfīnientur
perfect dēfīnītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēfīnītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēfīnītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfīniam dēfīniās dēfīniat dēfīniāmus dēfīniātis dēfīniant
imperfect dēfīnīrem dēfīnīrēs dēfīnīret dēfīnīrēmus dēfīnīrētis dēfīnīrent
perfect dēfīnīverim dēfīnīverīs dēfīnīverit dēfīnīverīmus dēfīnīverītis dēfīnīverint
pluperfect dēfīnīvissem dēfīnīvissēs dēfīnīvisset dēfīnīvissēmus dēfīnīvissētis dēfīnīvissent
passive present dēfīniar dēfīniāris,
dēfīniāre 		dēfīniātur dēfīniāmur dēfīniāminī dēfīniantur
imperfect dēfīnīrer dēfīnīrēris,
dēfīnīrēre 		dēfīnīrētur dēfīnīrēmur dēfīnīrēminī dēfīnīrentur
perfect dēfīnītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēfīnītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēfīnī — — dēfīnīte —
future — dēfīnītō dēfīnītō — dēfīnītōte dēfīniuntō
passive present — dēfīnīre — — dēfīnīminī —
future — dēfīnītor dēfīnītor — — dēfīniuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēfīnīre dēfīnīvisse dēfīnītūrum esse dēfīnīrī dēfīnītum esse dēfīnītum īrī
participles dēfīniēns — dēfīnītūrus — dēfīnītus dēfīniendus,
dēfīniundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēfīniendī dēfīniendō dēfīniendum dēfīniendō dēfīnītum dēfīnītū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • definio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
    • to define a thing: rem (res) definire
    • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
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