benefacio
Latin
Etymology
From bene (“well”) + faciō (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfa.ki.oː/, [bɛ.nɛˈfa.ki.oː]
Verb
benefaciō (present infinitive benefacere, perfect active benefēcī, supine benefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- I do good
- I benefit
- I bless
Conjugation
| Conjugation of benefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and suppletive in the passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | benefaciō | benefacis | benefacit | benefacimus | benefacitis | benefaciunt |
| imperfect | benefaciēbam | benefaciēbās | benefaciēbat | benefaciēbāmus | benefaciēbātis | benefaciēbant | |
| future | benefaciam | benefaciēs | benefaciet | benefaciēmus | benefaciētis | benefacient | |
| perfect | benefēcī | benefēcistī | benefēcit | benefēcimus | benefēcistis | benefēcērunt, benefēcēre | |
| pluperfect | benefēceram | benefēcerās | benefēcerat | benefēcerāmus | benefēcerātis | benefēcerant | |
| future perfect | benefēcerō | benefēceris | benefēcerit | benefēcerimus | benefēceritis | benefēcerint | |
| passive | present | benefīō | benefīs | benefit | benefīmus | benefītis | benefīunt |
| imperfect | benefīēbam | benefīēbās | benefīēbat | benefīēbāmus | benefīēbātis | benefīēbant | |
| future | benefīam | benefīēs | benefīet | benefīēmus | benefīētis | benefīent | |
| perfect | benefactus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | benefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | benefactus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | benefaciam | benefaciās | benefaciat | benefaciāmus | benefaciātis | benefaciant |
| imperfect | benefacerem | benefacerēs | benefaceret | benefacerēmus | benefacerētis | benefacerent | |
| perfect | benefēcerim | benefēcerīs | benefēcerit | benefēcerīmus | benefēcerītis | benefēcerint | |
| pluperfect | benefēcissem | benefēcissēs | benefēcisset | benefēcissēmus | benefēcissētis | benefēcissent | |
| passive | present | benefīam | benefīās | benefīat | benefīāmus | benefīātis | benefīant |
| imperfect | benefierem | benefierēs | benefieret | benefierēmus | benefierētis | benefierent | |
| perfect | benefactus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | benefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | beneface | — | — | benefacite | — |
| future | — | benefacitō | benefacitō | — | benefacitōte | benefaciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | benefī | — | — | benefīte | — |
| future | — | benefītō | benefītō | — | benefītōte | benefīuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | benefacere | benefēcisse | benefactūrus esse | benefierī | benefactus esse | benefactum īrī | |
| participles | benefaciēns | — | benefactūrus | — | benefactus | benefaciendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| benefaciendī | benefaciendō | benefaciendum | benefaciendō | benefactum | benefactū | ||
Antonyms
- malefaciō
Derived terms
- benefactus
- benefactor
Descendants
- Catalan: benfer
- Italian: benefare
- Spanish: benefacer
References
- benefacio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- benefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette