officio

• IPA^(key): /ofˈfi.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Hyphenation: of‧fì‧cio

officio m (plural offici)

1. (dated) alternative form of ufficio

officio

1. first-person singular present indicative of officiare

• obfaciō

From Proto-Italic *opifakjō. Equivalent to ob- (“against”) +‎ faciō (“make, act”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔfˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ofˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

officiō (present infinitive officere, perfect active offēcī, supine offectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to obstruct, hinder, block

   Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, refrēnō, obstruō, dētineō, retineō, arceō, cohibeō, inclūdō, perimō, obstō, tardō, premō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō, sustentō

   Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exonerō, absolvō, excipiō, ēmittō

2. (figuratively) to stand in the way of, oppose

   Synonyms: adversor, obstō, resistō, vetō, dīvertō, restō, recūsō, subsistō, repugnō, refrāgor, oppōnō, obversor

3. to be detrimental or hurtful to (+ dative)

   Antonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, prōsum, adiūtō

officiō n

1. dative/ablative singular of officium

• ex officio

• “officio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “officio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
    
  • to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    
  • to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building: luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere
    
  • (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain faithful to one's duty: in officio manere (Att. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    
  • (ambiguous) without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere
    
• officio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

officio m (plural officios)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ofício.
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 30:

     Determinou ter uma occupação, um officio, exercer um trabalho qualquer […]

     He set his sights on finding an occupation, a craft, performing any job at all […]