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,
aedificārunt,
aedificāvēre1
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present aedificāre aedificārī aedificāns —
future aedificātūrum esse aedificātum īrī aedificātūrus aedificandus
perfect aedificāvisse,
aedificāsse1 		aedificātum esse — aedificātus
future perfect — aedificātum fore — —
perfect potential aedificātūrum fuisse — — —
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:
    • Old 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[1], 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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