olfacio
Latin
Etymology
Syncopic form of olefaciō, from oleō (“to smell of”) + faciō (“to do, make”). As known from Quintillian, the old form had been superseded in speech with the syncopated form by the 1st century CE.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /olˈfa.ki.oː/, [ɔɫ̪ˈfäkioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /olˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [olˈfäːt͡ʃio]
Verb
olfaciō (present infinitive olfacere, perfect active olfēcī, supine olfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- (literally, transitive) to smell, scent
- (figuratively, transitive) to smell, detect, surmise; to hear about
- (transitive) to cause to smell of anything
Inflection
| Conjugation of olfaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | olfaciō | olfacis | olfacit | olfacimus | olfacitis | olfaciunt |
| imperfect | olfaciēbam | olfaciēbās | olfaciēbat | olfaciēbāmus | olfaciēbātis | olfaciēbant | |
| future | olfaciam | olfaciēs | olfaciet | olfaciēmus | olfaciētis | olfacient | |
| perfect | olfēcī | olfēcistī | olfēcit | olfēcimus | olfēcistis | olfēcērunt, olfēcēre | |
| pluperfect | olfēceram | olfēcerās | olfēcerat | olfēcerāmus | olfēcerātis | olfēcerant | |
| future perfect | olfēcerō | olfēceris | olfēcerit | olfēcerimus | olfēceritis | olfēcerint | |
| passive | present | olfīō | olfīs | olfit | olfīmus | olfītis | olfīunt |
| imperfect | olfīēbam | olfīēbās | olfīēbat | olfīēbāmus | olfīēbātis | olfīēbant | |
| future | olfīam | olfīēs | olfīet | olfīēmus | olfīētis | olfīent | |
| perfect | olfactus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | olfactus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | olfactus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | olfaciam | olfaciās | olfaciat | olfaciāmus | olfaciātis | olfaciant |
| imperfect | olfacerem | olfacerēs | olfaceret | olfacerēmus | olfacerētis | olfacerent | |
| perfect | olfēcerim | olfēcerīs | olfēcerit | olfēcerīmus | olfēcerītis | olfēcerint | |
| pluperfect | olfēcissem | olfēcissēs | olfēcisset | olfēcissēmus | olfēcissētis | olfēcissent | |
| passive | present | olfīam | olfīās | olfīat | olfīāmus | olfīātis | olfīant |
| imperfect | olfierem | olfierēs | olfieret | olfierēmus | olfierētis | olfierent | |
| perfect | olfactus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | olfactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | olface | — | — | olfacite | — |
| future | — | olfacitō | olfacitō | — | olfacitōte | olfaciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | olfī | — | — | olfīte | — |
| future | — | olfītō | olfītō | — | olfītōte | olfīuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | olfacere | olfēcisse | olfactūrum esse | olfierī | olfactum esse | olfactum īrī | |
| participles | olfaciēns | — | olfactūrus | — | olfactus | olfaciendus, olfaciundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| olfaciendī | olfaciendō | olfaciendum | olfaciendō | olfactum | olfactū | ||
Derived terms
- olfactō
- olfactōria
- olfactōrium
- olfactrix
- olfactus
- subolfaciō
Related terms
- faciō
- oleō
References
- “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- olfacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette