definio
See also: definió
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfiː.ni.oː/, [d̪eːˈfiːnioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfi.ni.o/, [d̪eˈfiːnio]
Verb
dēfīniō (present infinitive dēfīnīre, perfect active dēfīnīvī, supine dēfīnītum); fourth conjugation
- I bound, set bounds to; I limit.
- I define, explain, designate by limiting.
- I 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
- dēfīnienter
- dēfīnītē
- dēfīnītiō
- dēfīnītor
- dēfīnītrīx
- dēfīnītus
- dēfīnītīvus
Descendants
- Catalan: definir
- Dutch: definiëren
- English: define
- French: définir
- Friulian: definî
- German: definieren
- Galician: definir
- Interlingua: definir
- Italian: definire
- Lombard: definì
- Luxembourgish: definéieren
- Piedmontese: definì
- Portuguese: definir
- Romanian: defini
- Spanish: definir
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
- the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur