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Latin
Etymology
From fīnis (“boundary, limit”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fīniō (present infinitive fīnīre, perfect active fīnīvī or fīniī, supine fīnītum); fourth conjugation
- to finish, terminate
- to set, appoint
- to limit, bound
- Synonyms: delīmitō, līmitō, moderor, inclūdō, claudō, minuō, coerceō
- (figuratively) to restrain
Conjugation
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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fīniō
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fīnīs
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fīnit
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fīnīmus
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fīnītis
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fīniunt
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imperfect
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fīniēbam
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fīniēbās
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fīniēbat
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fīniēbāmus
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fīniēbātis
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fīniēbant
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future
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fīniam
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fīniēs
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fīniet
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fīniēmus
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fīniētis
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fīnient
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perfect
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fīnīvī, fīniī
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fīnīvistī, fīniistī
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fīnīvit, fīniit
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fīnīvimus, fīniimus
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fīnīvistis, fīniistis
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fīnīvērunt, fīnīvēre, fīniērunt, fīniēre
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pluperfect
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fīnīveram, fīnieram
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fīnīverās, fīnierās
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fīnīverat, fīnierat
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fīnīverāmus, fīnierāmus
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fīnīverātis, fīnierātis
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fīnīverant, fīnierant
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future perfect
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fīnīverō, fīnierō
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fīnīveris, fīnieris
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fīnīverit, fīnierit
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fīnīverimus, fīnierimus
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fīnīveritis, fīnieritis
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fīnīverint, fīnierint
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passive
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present
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fīnior
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fīnīris, fīnīre
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fīnītur
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fīnīmur
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fīnīminī
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fīniuntur
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imperfect
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fīniēbar
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fīniēbāris, fīniēbāre
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fīniēbātur
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fīniēbāmur
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fīniēbāminī
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fīniēbantur
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future
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fīniar
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fīniēris, fīniēre
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fīniētur
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fīniēmur
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fīniēminī
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fīnientur
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perfect
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fīnītus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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fīnītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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fīnītus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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fīniam
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fīniās
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fīniat
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fīniāmus
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fīniātis
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fīniant
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imperfect
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fīnīrem
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fīnīrēs
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fīnīret
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fīnīrēmus
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fīnīrētis
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fīnīrent
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perfect
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fīnīverim, fīnierim
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fīnīverīs, fīnierīs
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fīnīverit, fīnierit
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fīnīverīmus, fīnierīmus
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fīnīverītis, fīnierītis
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fīnīverint, fīnierint
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pluperfect
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fīnīvissem, fīniissem
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fīnīvissēs, fīniissēs
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fīnīvisset, fīniisset
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fīnīvissēmus, fīniissēmus
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fīnīvissētis, fīniissētis
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fīnīvissent, fīniissent
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passive
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present
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fīniar
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fīniāris, fīniāre
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fīniātur
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fīniāmur
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fīniāminī
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fīniantur
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imperfect
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fīnīrer
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fīnīrēris, fīnīrēre
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fīnīrētur
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fīnīrēmur
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fīnīrēminī
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fīnīrentur
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perfect
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fīnītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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fīnītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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fīnī
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—
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—
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fīnīte
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—
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future
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—
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fīnītō
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fīnītō
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—
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fīnītōte
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fīniuntō
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passive
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present
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—
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fīnīre
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—
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—
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fīnīminī
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—
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future
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—
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fīnītor
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fīnītor
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—
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—
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fīniuntor
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fīnīre
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fīnīrī
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fīniēns
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—
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fīnītūrum esse
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fīnītum īrī
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fīnītūrus
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fīniendus, fīniundus
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fīnīvisse, fīniisse
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fīnītum esse
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—
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fīnītus
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—
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fīnītum fore
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—
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—
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fīnītūrum fuisse
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—
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—
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—
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fīniendī
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fīniendō
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fīniendum
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fīniendō
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fīnītum
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fīnītū
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Descendants
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- finio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
- to put an end to war: belli finem facere, bellum finire