perfingo
Latin
Etymology
per- (“very much”, “thoroughly”, “perfectly”) + fingō (“I form mentally or in speech”, “I represent in thought”; “I alter or change [something] for the purpose of dissembling”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈfin.ɡoː/, [pɛrˈfɪŋ.ɡoː]
Verb
perfingō (present infinitive perfingere, perfect active perfinxī, supine perfictum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I form, represent
- (transitive) I counterfeit perfectly
Conjugation
| Conjugation of perfingo (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perfingō | perfingis | perfingit | perfingimus | perfingitis | perfingunt |
| imperfect | perfingēbam | perfingēbās | perfingēbat | perfingēbāmus | perfingēbātis | perfingēbant | |
| future | perfingam | perfingēs | perfinget | perfingēmus | perfingētis | perfingent | |
| perfect | perfinxī | perfinxistī | perfinxit | perfinximus | perfinxistis | perfinxērunt, perfinxēre | |
| pluperfect | perfinxeram | perfinxerās | perfinxerat | perfinxerāmus | perfinxerātis | perfinxerant | |
| future perfect | perfinxerō | perfinxeris | perfinxerit | perfinxerimus | perfinxeritis | perfinxerint | |
| passive | present | perfingor | perfingeris, perfingere | perfingitur | perfingimur | perfingiminī | perfinguntur |
| imperfect | perfingēbar | perfingēbāris, perfingēbāre | perfingēbātur | perfingēbāmur | perfingēbāminī | perfingēbantur | |
| future | perfingar | perfingēris, perfingēre | perfingētur | perfingēmur | perfingēminī | perfingentur | |
| perfect | perfictus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | perfictus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | perfictus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perfingam | perfingās | perfingat | perfingāmus | perfingātis | perfingant |
| imperfect | perfingerem | perfingerēs | perfingeret | perfingerēmus | perfingerētis | perfingerent | |
| perfect | perfinxerim | perfinxerīs | perfinxerit | perfinxerimus | perfinxeritis | perfinxerint | |
| pluperfect | perfinxissem | perfinxissēs | perfinxisset | perfinxissēmus | perfinxissētis | perfinxissent | |
| passive | present | perfingar | perfingāris, perfingāre | perfingātur | perfingāmur | perfingāminī | perfingantur |
| imperfect | perfingerer | perfingerēris, perfingerēre | perfingerētur | perfingerēmur | perfingerēminī | perfingerentur | |
| perfect | perfictus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | perfictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | perfinge | — | — | perfingite | — |
| future | — | perfingitō | perfingitō | — | perfingitōte | perfinguntō | |
| passive | present | — | perfingere | — | — | perfingiminī | — |
| future | — | perfingitor | perfingitor | — | — | perfinguntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | perfingere | perfinxisse | perfictūrus esse | perfingī | perfictus esse | perfictum īrī | |
| participles | perfingēns | — | perfictūrus | — | perfictus | perfingendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| perfingere | perfingendī | perfingendō | perfingendum | perfictum | perfictū | ||
References
- perfingo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perfingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,147/1