calefacio
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.ɫeːˈfa.ki.oː], [ka.ɫɛˈfa.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.leˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]
- 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, suppletive
Usage notes
Superseded in urban speech by the syncopated form calfaciō by the 1st century CE.
Conjugation
Conjugation of calē̆faciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)
Derived terms
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.