calefacio

Latin

Alternative forms

• calfaciō

Etymology

From caleō +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.leːˈfa.ki.oː/, [käɫ̪eːˈfäkioː] or IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfa.ki.oː/, [käɫ̪ɛˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [käleˈfäːt͡ʃio]
• Note: second vowel always short in Classical hexameters via iambic shortening.

Verb

calē̆faciō (present infinitive calē̆facere, perfect active calē̆fēcī, supine calē̆factum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. to warm or heat
2. to rouse or excite

Usage notes

Superseded in urban speech by the syncopated form calfaciō by the 1st century CE.

Conjugation

Conjugation of calē̆faciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calē̆faciō	calē̆facis	calē̆facit	calē̆facimus	calē̆facitis	calē̆faciunt
	imperfect	calē̆faciēbam	calē̆faciēbās	calē̆faciēbat	calē̆faciēbāmus	calē̆faciēbātis	calē̆faciēbant
	future	calē̆faciam	calē̆faciēs	calē̆faciet	calē̆faciēmus	calē̆faciētis	calē̆facient
	perfect	calē̆fēcī	calē̆fēcistī	calē̆fēcit	calē̆fēcimus	calē̆fēcistis	calē̆fēcērunt, calē̆fēcēre
	pluperfect	calē̆fēceram	calē̆fēcerās	calē̆fēcerat	calē̆fēcerāmus	calē̆fēcerātis	calē̆fēcerant
	future perfect	calē̆fēcerō	calē̆fēceris	calē̆fēcerit	calē̆fēcerimus	calē̆fēceritis	calē̆fēcerint
passive	present	calē̆fīō	calē̆fīs	calē̆fit	calē̆fīmus	calē̆fītis	calē̆fīunt
	imperfect	calē̆fīēbam	calē̆fīēbās	calē̆fīēbat	calē̆fīēbāmus	calē̆fīēbātis	calē̆fīēbant
	future	calē̆fīam	calē̆fīēs	calē̆fīet	calē̆fīēmus	calē̆fīētis	calē̆fīent
	perfect	calē̆factus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	calē̆factus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	calē̆factus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calē̆faciam	calē̆faciās	calē̆faciat	calē̆faciāmus	calē̆faciātis	calē̆faciant
	imperfect	calē̆facerem	calē̆facerēs	calē̆faceret	calē̆facerēmus	calē̆facerētis	calē̆facerent
	perfect	calē̆fēcerim	calē̆fēcerīs	calē̆fēcerit	calē̆fēcerīmus	calē̆fēcerītis	calē̆fēcerint
	pluperfect	calē̆fēcissem	calē̆fēcissēs	calē̆fēcisset	calē̆fēcissēmus	calē̆fēcissētis	calē̆fēcissent
passive	present	calē̆fīam	calē̆fīās	calē̆fīat	calē̆fīāmus	calē̆fīātis	calē̆fīant
	imperfect	calē̆fierem	calē̆fierēs	calē̆fieret	calē̆fierēmus	calē̆fierētis	calē̆fierent
	perfect	calē̆factus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	calē̆factus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calē̆face	—	—	calē̆facite	—
	future	—	calē̆facitō	calē̆facitō	—	calē̆facitōte	calē̆faciuntō
passive	present	—	calē̆fī	—	—	calē̆fīte	—
	future	—	calē̆fītō	calē̆fītō	—	calē̆fītōte	calē̆fīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calē̆facere	calē̆fēcisse	calē̆factūrum esse	calē̆fierī	calē̆factum esse	calē̆factum īrī
participles		calē̆faciēns	—	calē̆factūrus	—	calē̆factus	calē̆faciendus, calē̆faciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calē̆faciendī	calē̆faciendō	calē̆faciendum	calē̆faciendō	calē̆factum	calē̆factū

Derived terms

• calefactō
• excalfaciō
• incalfaciō

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *calfāre (see there for further descendants)

References

• “calefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.