aedifico

Latin

Alternative forms
  • aedifaciō

Etymology

From aedēs (“building”) +‎ -ficō.

Pronunciation

Verb

aedificō (present infinitive aedificāre, perfect active aedificāvī, supine aedificātum); first conjugation

  1. to build, erect, establish
    Synonyms: exaedificō, inaedificō, struō, cōnstruō, condō, compōnō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
  2. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) (figuratively) to "build" a life, to live in a morally good or prudent manner
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.14.1:
      Sapiēns mulier aedificāvit domum suam: īnsipiēns īnstrūctam quoque dēstruet manibus.
      A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  3. to create, frame
    Synonym: creō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of aedificō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aedificō aedificās aedificat aedificāmus aedificātis aedificant
imperfect aedificābam aedificābās aedificābat aedificābāmus aedificābātis aedificābant
future aedificābō aedificābis aedificābit aedificābimus aedificābitis aedificābunt
perfect aedificāvī aedificāvistī,
aedificāstī1		 aedificāvit,
aedificāt1		 aedificāvimus,
aedificāmus1		 aedificāvistis,
aedificāstis1		 aedificāvērunt,
aedificāvēre,
aedificārunt1
pluperfect aedificāveram,
aedificāram1		 aedificāverās,
aedificārās1		 aedificāverat,
aedificārat1		 aedificāverāmus,
aedificārāmus1		 aedificāverātis,
aedificārātis1		 aedificāverant,
aedificārant1
future perfect aedificāverō,
aedificārō1		 aedificāveris,
aedificāris1		 aedificāverit,
aedificārit1		 aedificāverimus,
aedificārimus1		 aedificāveritis,
aedificāritis1		 aedificāverint,
aedificārint1
passive present aedificor aedificāris,
aedificāre		 aedificātur aedificāmur aedificāminī aedificantur
imperfect aedificābar aedificābāris,
aedificābāre		 aedificābātur aedificābāmur aedificābāminī aedificābantur
future aedificābor aedificāberis,
aedificābere		 aedificābitur aedificābimur aedificābiminī aedificābuntur
perfect aedificātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect aedificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect aedificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aedificem aedificēs aedificet aedificēmus aedificētis aedificent
imperfect aedificārem aedificārēs aedificāret aedificārēmus aedificārētis aedificārent
perfect aedificāverim,
aedificārim1		 aedificāverīs,
aedificārīs1		 aedificāverit,
aedificārit1		 aedificāverīmus,
aedificārīmus1		 aedificāverītis,
aedificārītis1		 aedificāverint,
aedificārint1
pluperfect aedificāvissem,
aedificāssem1		 aedificāvissēs,
aedificāssēs1		 aedificāvisset,
aedificāsset1		 aedificāvissēmus,
aedificāssēmus1		 aedificāvissētis,
aedificāssētis1		 aedificāvissent,
aedificāssent1
passive present aedificer aedificēris,
aedificēre		 aedificētur aedificēmur aedificēminī aedificentur
imperfect aedificārer aedificārēris,
aedificārēre		 aedificārētur aedificārēmur aedificārēminī aedificārentur
perfect aedificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect aedificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — aedificā — — aedificāte —
future — aedificātō aedificātō — aedificātōte aedificantō
passive present — aedificāre — — aedificāminī —
future — aedificātor aedificātor — — aedificantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives aedificāre aedificāvisse,
aedificāsse1		 aedificātūrum esse aedificārī aedificātum esse aedificātum īrī
participles aedificāns — aedificātūrus — aedificātus aedificandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
aedificandī aedificandō aedificandum aedificandō aedificātum aedificātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Inherited:
    • Old French:
      Zarphatic: eigier
    • Portuguese: eiviguar
  • Semi-learned borrowings:
    • Navarro-Aragonese: eificare
    • Old Leonese: edivigare
  • Learned borrowings:

References
  • “aedifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aedifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aedifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
    • (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
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