perfringo

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Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ frangō (“break”).

Pronunciation

Verb

perfringō (present infinitive perfringere, perfect active perfrēgī, supine perfrāctum); third conjugation

  1. to break or shatter
    Synonym: *perfinō
  2. to break through (an obstacle)
  3. to violate or infringe

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perfringō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perfringō perfringis perfringit perfringimus perfringitis perfringunt
imperfect perfringēbam perfringēbās perfringēbat perfringēbāmus perfringēbātis perfringēbant
future perfringam perfringēs perfringet perfringēmus perfringētis perfringent
perfect perfrēgī perfrēgistī perfrēgit perfrēgimus perfrēgistis perfrēgērunt,
perfrēgēre
pluperfect perfrēgeram perfrēgerās perfrēgerat perfrēgerāmus perfrēgerātis perfrēgerant
future perfect perfrēgerō perfrēgeris perfrēgerit perfrēgerimus perfrēgeritis perfrēgerint
passive present perfringor perfringeris,
perfringere 		perfringitur perfringimur perfringiminī perfringuntur
imperfect perfringēbar perfringēbāris,
perfringēbāre 		perfringēbātur perfringēbāmur perfringēbāminī perfringēbantur
future perfringar perfringēris,
perfringēre 		perfringētur perfringēmur perfringēminī perfringentur
perfect perfrāctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect perfrāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect perfrāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perfringam perfringās perfringat perfringāmus perfringātis perfringant
imperfect perfringerem perfringerēs perfringeret perfringerēmus perfringerētis perfringerent
perfect perfrēgerim perfrēgerīs perfrēgerit perfrēgerīmus perfrēgerītis perfrēgerint
pluperfect perfrēgissem perfrēgissēs perfrēgisset perfrēgissēmus perfrēgissētis perfrēgissent
passive present perfringar perfringāris,
perfringāre 		perfringātur perfringāmur perfringāminī perfringantur
imperfect perfringerer perfringerēris,
perfringerēre 		perfringerētur perfringerēmur perfringerēminī perfringerentur
perfect perfrāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect perfrāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — perfringe — — perfringite —
future — perfringitō perfringitō — perfringitōte perfringuntō
passive present — perfringere — — perfringiminī —
future — perfringitor perfringitor — — perfringuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives perfringere perfrēgisse perfrāctūrum esse perfringī perfrāctum esse perfrāctum īrī
participles perfringēns — perfrāctūrus — perfrāctus perfringendus,
perfringundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
perfringendī perfringendō perfringendum perfringendō perfrāctum perfrāctū

References

  • “perfringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perfringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perfringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to break through the phalanx: phalangem perfringere
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