findo

From Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti (“to be splitting”), from the root *bʰeyd-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “to break”), Old English bītan (English bite).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfin̪.d̪o]

findō (present infinitive findere, perfect active fidī, supine fissum); third conjugation

1. (literal, active voice) to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part

   Synonyms: dīscindō, scindō, carpō, discerpō, discīdō, distineō, distinguō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō, dīvertō

   Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō

   vomere findere terras ― to cleave the earth by plow

2. (poetic, rare) to split, burst
3. (figurative, poetic, rare) to divide

   Synonyms: sēgregō, sēparō, sēcernō, dirimō, exclūdō, dīvidō, intersaepiō, dīvertō, discrībō

• “findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• findo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• findo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Rhymes: -ĩdu
• Hyphenation: fin‧do

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *fĩido, from Latin fīnītus. Doublet of finito.

findo (short participle, feminine finda, masculine plural findos, feminine plural findas)

1. past participle of findar

findo (feminine finda, masculine plural findos, feminine plural findas)

1. finished

findo

1. first-person singular present indicative of findar

findo class V (plural mafindo class VI)

1. tonsil

• mafindofindo (“tonsillitis”)