benedico

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.neˈdi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧dì‧co

Verb

benedico

1. first-person singular present indicative of benedire
2. first-person singular present indicative of benedicere

Latin

Etymology 1

From bene (“well”) +‎ dīcō (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɛ.nɛˈdiː.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [be.neˈd̪iː.ko]

Verb

benedīcō (present infinitive benedīcere, perfect active benedīxī, supine benedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to speak well of someone, commend

   Antonyms: īnsultō, maledīcō, exsecror, obloquor, compellō, incessō, pulsō

2. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to bless, praise

   Benedicite, omnia opera Domini^Benedicite

   Bless, all the works of the Lord

Usage notes

This is used as a compound only outside of Classical Latin.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of benedīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	benedīcō		benedīcis		benedīcit		benedīcimus		benedīcitis		benedīcunt
	imperfect	benedīcēbam		benedīcēbās		benedīcēbat		benedīcēbāmus		benedīcēbātis		benedīcēbant
	future	benedīcam		benedīcēs		benedīcet		benedīcēmus		benedīcētis		benedīcent
	perfect	benedīxī		benedīxistī		benedīxit		benedīximus		benedīxistis		benedīxērunt, benedīxēre
	pluperfect	benedīxeram		benedīxerās		benedīxerat		benedīxerāmus		benedīxerātis		benedīxerant
	future perfect	benedīxerō		benedīxeris		benedīxerit		benedīxerimus		benedīxeritis		benedīxerint
passive	present	benedīcor		benedīceris, benedīcere		benedīcitur		benedīcimur		benedīciminī		benedīcuntur
	imperfect	benedīcēbar		benedīcēbāris, benedīcēbāre		benedīcēbātur		benedīcēbāmur		benedīcēbāminī		benedīcēbantur
	future	benedīcar		benedīcēris, benedīcēre		benedīcētur		benedīcēmur		benedīcēminī		benedīcentur
	perfect	benedictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	benedictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	benedictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	benedīcam		benedīcās		benedīcat		benedīcāmus		benedīcātis		benedīcant
	imperfect	benedīcerem		benedīcerēs		benedīceret		benedīcerēmus		benedīcerētis		benedīcerent
	perfect	benedīxerim		benedīxerīs		benedīxerit		benedīxerīmus		benedīxerītis		benedīxerint
	pluperfect	benedīxissem		benedīxissēs		benedīxisset		benedīxissēmus		benedīxissētis		benedīxissent
passive	present	benedīcar		benedīcāris, benedīcāre		benedīcātur		benedīcāmur		benedīcāminī		benedīcantur
	imperfect	benedīcerer		benedīcerēris, benedīcerēre		benedīcerētur		benedīcerēmur		benedīcerēminī		benedīcerentur
	perfect	benedictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	benedictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		benedīc, benedīce1		—		—		benedīcite		—
	future	—		benedīcitō		benedīcitō		—		benedīcitōte		benedīcuntō
passive	present	—		benedīcere		—		—		benedīciminī		—
	future	—		benedīcitor		benedīcitor		—		—		benedīcuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		benedīcere			benedīcī			benedīcēns			—
future		benedictūrum esse			benedictum īrī			benedictūrus			benedīcendus, benedīcundus
perfect		benedīxisse			benedictum esse			—			benedictus
future perfect		—			benedictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		benedictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		benedīcendī		benedīcendō		benedīcendum		benedīcendō		benedictum		benedictū

¹Old Latin.

Descendants

• Corsican: benedì
• Extremaduran: bendizir
• Franco-Provençal: benêtre, benir
• Italian: benedire
• Old French: beneistre, beneïstre, beneir, beneïr
  • French: bénir
  • Norman: béni (Jersey)
• Old Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese: bendicir
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: bendicir
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: beneir
  • Occitan: benesir
• Old Galician-Portuguese: bẽeizer, bẽezer
  • Galician: beicer
  • Portuguese: benzer
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: bendecir
    • → Galician: bendicir
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: benedî, binidî
  • Romansch: benedir, banadir, banadeir
• Sardinian: benedíxi, benedíxiri, beneíchere, beníchere
• Sicilian: binidìciri, binidiri
• Venetan: benedir
• → Albanian: bekoj
• → English: benedict
• → Middle High German: benedīen, benedīgende
  • German: benedeien
• → Old Dutch: benedīon
  • Middle Dutch: benediën
    • Dutch: benedijen
• → Old Irish: bennachaid, bendachaid
  • Middle Irish: bennaigid
    • Irish: beannaigh
    • Manx: bannee
• → Portuguese: bendizer
• → Welsh: bendithio, benditho, bendigo
• → Yiddish: בענטשן (bentshn)
  • → Dutch: bensjen
  • → English: bentsh

Etymology 2

Inflected form of benedicus.

Adjective

benedicō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of benedicus

References

• “benedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• benedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• benedico in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016