rarefacio
Latin
Etymology
rārus + faciō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ra.reˈfa.ki.oː/, [ra.rɛˈfa.ki.oː]
Verb
rarefaciō (present infinitive rarefacere, perfect active rarefēcī, supine rarefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- I rarefy
Inflection
| Conjugation of rarefacio (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and suppletive in the passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | rarefaciō | rarefacis | rarefacit | rarefacimus | rarefacitis | rarefaciunt |
| imperfect | rarefaciēbam | rarefaciēbās | rarefaciēbat | rarefaciēbāmus | rarefaciēbātis | rarefaciēbant | |
| future | rarefaciam | rarefaciēs | rarefaciet | rarefaciēmus | rarefaciētis | rarefacient | |
| perfect | rarefēcī | rarefēcistī | rarefēcit | rarefēcimus | rarefēcistis | rarefēcērunt, rarefēcēre | |
| pluperfect | rarefēceram | rarefēcerās | rarefēcerat | rarefēcerāmus | rarefēcerātis | rarefēcerant | |
| future perfect | rarefēcerō | rarefēceris | rarefēcerit | rarefēcerimus | rarefēceritis | rarefēcerint | |
| passive | present | rarefīō | rarefīs | rarefit | rarefīmus | rarefītis | rarefīunt |
| imperfect | rarefīēbam | rarefīēbās | rarefīēbat | rarefīēbāmus | rarefīēbātis | rarefīēbant | |
| future | rarefīam | rarefīēs | rarefīet | rarefīēmus | rarefīētis | rarefīent | |
| perfect | rarefactus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | rarefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | rarefactus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | rarefaciam | rarefaciās | rarefaciat | rarefaciāmus | rarefaciātis | rarefaciant |
| imperfect | rarefacerem | rarefacerēs | rarefaceret | rarefacerēmus | rarefacerētis | rarefacerent | |
| perfect | rarefēcerim | rarefēcerīs | rarefēcerit | rarefēcerimus | rarefēceritis | rarefēcerint | |
| pluperfect | rarefēcissem | rarefēcissēs | rarefēcisset | rarefēcissēmus | rarefēcissētis | rarefēcissent | |
| passive | present | rarefīam | rarefīās | rarefīat | rarefīāmus | rarefīātis | rarefīant |
| imperfect | rarefierem | rarefierēs | rarefieret | rarefierēmus | rarefierētis | rarefierent | |
| perfect | rarefactus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | rarefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | rareface | — | — | rarefacite | — |
| future | — | rarefacitō | rarefacitō | — | rarefacitōte | rarefaciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | rarefī | — | — | rarefīte | — |
| future | — | rarefītō | rarefītō | — | rarefītōte | rarefīuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | rarefacere | rarefēcisse | rarefactūrus esse | rarefierī | rarefactus esse | rarefactum īrī | |
| participles | rarefaciēns | — | rarefactūrus | — | rarefactus | rarefaciendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| rarefacere | rarefaciendī | rarefaciendō | rarefaciendum | rarefactum | rarefactū | ||
Descendants
- English: rarefy
- French: raréfier
References
- rarefacio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rarefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette