infringo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ frangō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfrin.ɡoː/, [ĩːˈfrɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfrin.ɡo/, [iɱˈfriŋɡo]

Verb

īnfringō (present infinitive īnfringere, perfect active īnfrēgī, supine īnfrāctum); third conjugation

1. to break off, infringe

   Synonyms: frangō, irrumpō, rumpō, violō

2. to check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate or assuage

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnfringō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnfringō	īnfringis	īnfringit	īnfringimus	īnfringitis	īnfringunt
	imperfect	īnfringēbam	īnfringēbās	īnfringēbat	īnfringēbāmus	īnfringēbātis	īnfringēbant
	future	īnfringam	īnfringēs	īnfringet	īnfringēmus	īnfringētis	īnfringent
	perfect	īnfrēgī	īnfrēgistī	īnfrēgit	īnfrēgimus	īnfrēgistis	īnfrēgērunt, īnfrēgēre
	pluperfect	īnfrēgeram	īnfrēgerās	īnfrēgerat	īnfrēgerāmus	īnfrēgerātis	īnfrēgerant
	future perfect	īnfrēgerō	īnfrēgeris	īnfrēgerit	īnfrēgerimus	īnfrēgeritis	īnfrēgerint
passive	present	īnfringor	īnfringeris, īnfringere	īnfringitur	īnfringimur	īnfringiminī	īnfringuntur
	imperfect	īnfringēbar	īnfringēbāris, īnfringēbāre	īnfringēbātur	īnfringēbāmur	īnfringēbāminī	īnfringēbantur
	future	īnfringar	īnfringēris, īnfringēre	īnfringētur	īnfringēmur	īnfringēminī	īnfringentur
	perfect	īnfrāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnfrāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnfrāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnfringam	īnfringās	īnfringat	īnfringāmus	īnfringātis	īnfringant
	imperfect	īnfringerem	īnfringerēs	īnfringeret	īnfringerēmus	īnfringerētis	īnfringerent
	perfect	īnfrēgerim	īnfrēgerīs	īnfrēgerit	īnfrēgerīmus	īnfrēgerītis	īnfrēgerint
	pluperfect	īnfrēgissem	īnfrēgissēs	īnfrēgisset	īnfrēgissēmus	īnfrēgissētis	īnfrēgissent
passive	present	īnfringar	īnfringāris, īnfringāre	īnfringātur	īnfringāmur	īnfringāminī	īnfringantur
	imperfect	īnfringerer	īnfringerēris, īnfringerēre	īnfringerētur	īnfringerēmur	īnfringerēminī	īnfringerentur
	perfect	īnfrāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnfrāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnfringe	—	—	īnfringite	—
	future	—	īnfringitō	īnfringitō	—	īnfringitōte	īnfringuntō
passive	present	—	īnfringere	—	—	īnfringiminī	—
	future	—	īnfringitor	īnfringitor	—	—	īnfringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnfringere	īnfrēgisse	īnfrāctūrum esse	īnfringī	īnfrāctum esse	īnfrāctum īrī
participles		īnfringēns	—	īnfrāctūrus	—	īnfrāctus	īnfringendus, īnfringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnfringendī	īnfringendō	īnfringendum	īnfringendō	īnfrāctum	īnfrāctū

Derived terms

• īnfrāctiō

Descendants

• → Catalan: infringir
• → English: infringe
• French: enfreindre
• → Galician: infrinxir
• Italian: infrangere
• → Portuguese: infringir
• Romanian: înfrânge
• Sicilian: nfrijinzari (from *infrigintiare)
• → Spanish: infringir

References

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