laetifico
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫae̯ˈtɪ.fɪ.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈt̪iː.fi.ko]
Verb
laetificō (present infinitive laetificāre, perfect active laetificāvī, supine laetificātum); first conjugation
- to delight, cheer, gladden
- (biblical, Ecclesiastical Latin) to give joy
- 4th century, St. Jerome, Vulgate, Psalm 42:4; Catholic Prayers at the Foot of the Altar of the Tridentine Mass per the Ordinary of the 1962 Roman Missal (Latin with English translation)
- Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
- And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. (Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner rev.) Link to Psalm 42 in parallel Latin Vulgate & English Douay-Rheims
- 4th century, St. Jerome, Vulgate, Psalm 42:4; Catholic Prayers at the Foot of the Altar of the Tridentine Mass per the Ordinary of the 1962 Roman Missal (Latin with English translation)
- to make fruitful; to fertilize, enrich
Conjugation
Conjugation of laetificō (first conjugation)
Descendants
- English: laetificate
References
- “laetifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “laetifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- laetifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.