definio
See also: definió
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom dē- + fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈfiː.ni.oː/, [d̪eːˈfiːnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfi.ni.o/, [d̪eˈfiːnio]
Verb
editdēfīniō (present infinitive dēfīnīre, perfect active dēfīnīvī, supine dēfīnītum); fourth conjugation
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: definir
- Dutch: definiëren
- English: define
- French: définir
- Friulian: definî
- German: definieren
- Galician: definir
- Interlingua: definir
- Italian: definire
- Lombard: definì
- Luxembourgish: definéieren
- Piedmontese: definì
- Portuguese: definir
- Romanian: defini
- Spanish: definir
References
edit- “definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- definio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
- to define a thing: rem (res) definire
- anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
- the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur