conficio

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ faciō (“do, make”). Compare with condō (from the same root).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfi.ki.oː/, [kõːˈfɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [koɱˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

cōnficiō (present infinitive cōnficere, perfect active cōnfēcī, supine cōnfectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse.

   Synonyms: perficio, fungor, defungor, ago, perfero, absolvo, expleo, cumulo, gero, perago

2. I produce, cause, bring about, effect, secure
3. I finish, end, spend, pass, complete.
4. I procure, bring together, collect, produce, prepare.

   Synonyms: confero, conveho, contraho

5. I perform, celebrate.
6. (philosophy) I show, deduce, demonstrate.
7. (figuratively) I diminish, lessen, wear out, consume, exhaust.

   Synonyms: abutor, perago, tero, effundo, accido, eneco

8. I destroy, kill.

   Synonyms: caedo, interficio, perago, percutio, eneco, tollo

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnficiō	cōnficis	cōnficit	cōnficimus	cōnficitis	cōnficiunt
	imperfect	cōnficiēbam	cōnficiēbās	cōnficiēbat	cōnficiēbāmus	cōnficiēbātis	cōnficiēbant
	future	cōnficiam	cōnficiēs	cōnficiet	cōnficiēmus	cōnficiētis	cōnficient
	perfect	cōnfēcī	cōnfēcistī	cōnfēcit	cōnfēcimus	cōnfēcistis	cōnfēcērunt, cōnfēcēre
	pluperfect	cōnfēceram	cōnfēcerās	cōnfēcerat	cōnfēcerāmus	cōnfēcerātis	cōnfēcerant
	future perfect	cōnfēcerō	cōnfēceris	cōnfēcerit	cōnfēcerimus	cōnfēceritis	cōnfēcerint
passive	present	cōnficior	cōnficeris, cōnficere	cōnficitur	cōnficimur	cōnficiminī	cōnficiuntur
	imperfect	cōnficiēbar	cōnficiēbāris, cōnficiēbāre	cōnficiēbātur	cōnficiēbāmur	cōnficiēbāminī	cōnficiēbantur
	future	cōnficiar	cōnficiēris, cōnficiēre	cōnficiētur	cōnficiēmur	cōnficiēminī	cōnficientur
	perfect	cōnfectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnficiam	cōnficiās	cōnficiat	cōnficiāmus	cōnficiātis	cōnficiant
	imperfect	cōnficerem	cōnficerēs	cōnficeret	cōnficerēmus	cōnficerētis	cōnficerent
	perfect	cōnfēcerim	cōnfēcerīs	cōnfēcerit	cōnfēcerīmus	cōnfēcerītis	cōnfēcerint
	pluperfect	cōnfēcissem	cōnfēcissēs	cōnfēcisset	cōnfēcissēmus	cōnfēcissētis	cōnfēcissent
passive	present	cōnficiar	cōnficiāris, cōnficiāre	cōnficiātur	cōnficiāmur	cōnficiāminī	cōnficiantur
	imperfect	cōnficerer	cōnficerēris, cōnficerēre	cōnficerētur	cōnficerēmur	cōnficerēminī	cōnficerentur
	perfect	cōnfectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnfice	—	—	cōnficite	—
	future	—	cōnficitō	cōnficitō	—	cōnficitōte	cōnficiuntō
passive	present	—	cōnficere	—	—	cōnficiminī	—
	future	—	cōnficitor	cōnficitor	—	—	cōnficiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnficere	cōnfēcisse	cōnfectūrum esse	cōnficī	cōnfectum esse	cōnfectum īrī
participles		cōnficiēns	—	cōnfectūrus	—	cōnfectus	cōnficiendus, cōnficiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnficiendī	cōnficiendō	cōnficiendum	cōnficiendō	cōnfectum	cōnfectū

Derived terms

• cōnfectiō
• cōnfector
• cōnfectūra
• cōnfectus
• cōnficiēns

 

Related terms

• afficiō
• cōnfectōrārius
• cōnfectrīx
• dēficiō
• efficiō
• faciō
• īnficiō
• interficiō
• officiō
• perficiō
• praeficiō
• prōficiō
• sufficiō

 

Descendants

• English: confect, confit
• French: confire

References

• “conficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
    
  • to freeze to death: frigore confici
    
  • to accomplish a long journey: longam viam conficere
    
  • to finish one's career: vitae cursum or curriculum conficere
    
  • to die of starvation: fame confici, perire, interire
    
  • to execute a commission: mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere
    
  • to arrange, settle a matter: negotium conficere, expedire, transigere
    
  • to compose a speech: orationem conficere
    
  • to compose, compile a book: librum conficere, componere (De Sen. 1. 2)
    
  • to be wasted with grief; to die of grief: dolore confici, tabescere
    
  • anxiety gnaws at the heart and incapacitates it: aegritudo exest animum planeque conficit (Tusc. 3. 13. 27)
    
  • to be wasting away with grief: aegritudine, curis confici
    
  • to be worn out, almost dead with anxiety: angoribus confici (Phil. 2. 15. 37)
    
  • to digest food: cibum concoquere, conficere
    
  • to settle, finish a transaction: negotium (rem) conficere, absolvere
    
  • to keep the accounts (day-book) carefully: rationem diligenter conficere
    
  • to raise an army: exercitum conficere (Imp. Pomp. 21. 61)
    
  • to terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents): bellum conficere, perficere
    
  • to traverse a route: iter conficere (B. C. 1. 70)
    
  • to finish one's voyage: cursum conficere (Att. 5. 12. 1)
    
• conficio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016