benefacio

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *dwenēd fakjō. Equivalent to bene (“well”) +‎ faciō (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfa.ki.oː/, [bɛnɛˈfäkioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [beneˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb edit

benefaciō (present infinitive benefacere, perfect active benefēcī, supine benefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

to do good
to benefit
to bless

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of benefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	benefaciō	benefacis	benefacit	benefacimus	benefacitis	benefaciunt
	imperfect	benefaciēbam	benefaciēbās	benefaciēbat	benefaciēbāmus	benefaciēbātis	benefaciēbant
	future	benefaciam	benefaciēs	benefaciet	benefaciēmus	benefaciētis	benefacient
	perfect	benefēcī	benefēcistī	benefēcit	benefēcimus	benefēcistis	benefēcērunt, benefēcēre
	pluperfect	benefēceram	benefēcerās	benefēcerat	benefēcerāmus	benefēcerātis	benefēcerant
	future perfect	benefēcerō	benefēceris	benefēcerit	benefēcerimus	benefēceritis	benefēcerint
passive	present	benefīō	benefīs	benefit	benefīmus	benefītis	benefīunt
	imperfect	benefīēbam	benefīēbās	benefīēbat	benefīēbāmus	benefīēbātis	benefīēbant
	future	benefīam	benefīēs	benefīet	benefīēmus	benefīētis	benefīent
	perfect	benefactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	benefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	benefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	benefaciam	benefaciās	benefaciat	benefaciāmus	benefaciātis	benefaciant
	imperfect	benefacerem	benefacerēs	benefaceret	benefacerēmus	benefacerētis	benefacerent
	perfect	benefēcerim	benefēcerīs	benefēcerit	benefēcerīmus	benefēcerītis	benefēcerint
	pluperfect	benefēcissem	benefēcissēs	benefēcisset	benefēcissēmus	benefēcissētis	benefēcissent
passive	present	benefīam	benefīās	benefīat	benefīāmus	benefīātis	benefīant
	imperfect	benefierem	benefierēs	benefieret	benefierēmus	benefierētis	benefierent
	perfect	benefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	benefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	beneface	—	—	benefacite	—
active	future	—	benefacitō	benefacitō	—	benefacitōte	benefaciuntō
passive	present	—	benefī	—	—	benefīte	—
passive	future	—	benefītō	benefītō	—	benefītōte	benefīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		benefacere	benefēcisse	benefactūrum esse	benefierī	benefactum esse	benefactum īrī
participles		benefaciēns	—	benefactūrus	—	benefactus	benefaciendus, benefaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		benefaciendī	benefaciendō	benefaciendum	benefaciendō	benefactum	benefactū

Antonyms edit

malefaciō

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Catalan: benfer
Italian: benefare
Romanian: bineface
→ Spanish: benefacer

References edit

“benefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
benefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.