impedio
Latin
Alternative forms
- inpediō
Etymology
From in- (“into, in”) + pēs, pedis (“feet”) + -iō; literally, to "shackle the feet".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpe.di.oː/, [ɪmˈpɛd̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpe.di.o/, [imˈpɛːd̪io]
Verb
impediō (present infinitive impedīre, perfect active impedīvī or impediī, supine impedītum); fourth conjugation
- I hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper, thwart
- Synonyms: obstō, moror, arceō, supprimō, cūnctor, prohibeō, tardō, contineō, retineō, obstruō, cohibeō, dētineō, refrēnō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, sustentō, perimō, obstō, officiō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō
- Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, vindicō, servō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
- I embarrass
Conjugation
| Conjugation of impediō (fourth conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | impediō | impedīs | impedit | impedīmus | impedītis | impediunt |
| imperfect | impediēbam | impediēbās | impediēbat | impediēbāmus | impediēbātis | impediēbant | |
| future | impediam | impediēs | impediet | impediēmus | impediētis | impedient | |
| perfect | impedīvī, impediī | impedīvistī, impediistī | impedīvit, impediit | impedīvimus, impediimus | impedīvistis, impediistis | impedīvērunt, impedīvēre, impediērunt, impediēre | |
| pluperfect | impedīveram, impedieram | impedīverās, impedierās | impedīverat, impedierat | impedīverāmus, impedierāmus | impedīverātis, impedierātis | impedīverant, impedierant | |
| future perfect | impedīverō, impedierō | impedīveris, impedieris | impedīverit, impedierit | impedīverimus, impedierimus | impedīveritis, impedieritis | impedīverint, impedierint | |
| passive | present | impedior | impedīris, impedīre | impedītur | impedīmur | impedīminī | impediuntur |
| imperfect | impediēbar | impediēbāris, impediēbāre | impediēbātur | impediēbāmur | impediēbāminī | impediēbantur | |
| future | impediar | impediēris, impediēre | impediētur | impediēmur | impediēminī | impedientur | |
| perfect | impedītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | impedītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | impedītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | impediam | impediās | impediat | impediāmus | impediātis | impediant |
| imperfect | impedīrem | impedīrēs | impedīret | impedīrēmus | impedīrētis | impedīrent | |
| perfect | impedīverim, impedierim | impedīverīs, impedierīs | impedīverit, impedierit | impedīverīmus, impedierīmus | impedīverītis, impedierītis | impedīverint, impedierint | |
| pluperfect | impedīvissem, impediissem | impedīvissēs, impediissēs | impedīvisset, impediisset | impedīvissēmus, impediissēmus | impedīvissētis, impediissētis | impedīvissent, impediissent | |
| passive | present | impediar | impediāris, impediāre | impediātur | impediāmur | impediāminī | impediantur |
| imperfect | impedīrer | impedīrēris, impedīrēre | impedīrētur | impedīrēmur | impedīrēminī | impedīrentur | |
| perfect | impedītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | impedītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | impedī | — | — | impedīte | — |
| future | — | impedītō | impedītō | — | impedītōte | impediuntō | |
| passive | present | — | impedīre | — | — | impedīminī | — |
| future | — | impedītor | impedītor | — | — | impediuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | impedīre | impedīvisse, impediisse | impedītūrum esse | impedīrī | impedītum esse | impedītum īrī | |
| participles | impediēns | — | impedītūrus | — | impedītus | impediendus, impediundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| impediendī | impediendō | impediendum | impediendō | impedītum | impedītū | ||
Derived terms
- impedītiō
Descendants
- Italian: impedire
- Sicilian: mpidiri
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *impedīscō, *impedīscere
- Old Portuguese: enpeeçer
- Galician: empecer
- Portuguese: empecer
- Spanish: empecer
- Old Portuguese: enpeeçer
- → Catalan: impedir
- → English: impede
- → Galician: impedir
- → Piedmontese: impedì
- → Portuguese: impedir
- → Spanish: impedir
See also
- impedicō
References
- “impedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impedio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an impassable road: iter impeditum
- an impassable road: iter impeditum
- impedio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN