canonizo

See also: canonizó

Latin

Etymology

canōn (“canon”) +‎ -izō, parallel to Ancient Greek κανονίζω (kanonízō, “regulate”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.noˈniz.zo/, [känɔˈnɪz̪d̪͡z̪ɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.noˈnid.d͡zo/, [känoˈnid̪ː͡z̪o]

Verb

canōnizō (present infinitive canōnizāre, perfect active canōnizāvī, supine canōnizātum); first conjugation (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. to canonize (recognize as a saint)
   • 13th century, anonymous author, “Cronica Minor Minoritae Erphordensis”, in Monumenta Erphesfurtensia Saec. XII. XIII. XIV.‎^[1], published 1899, page 648:

     Hic papa Innocentius […] statuit […] quod nullus novus sanctus in veneratione habeatur nisi auctoritate sedis apostolice, ita quod canonizetur a papa.

     This Pope Innnocent [III] decreed […] that no new saint should be held in veneration without the authority of the apostolic see, that they therefore are to be canonized by the pope.

2. to ratify, declare something official or authoritative, e.g. as part of the biblical canon or the liturgy
   • 1074, Pope Gregory VII, “Epistola […] ad Ottonem Constantiensem Episcopum […] ”, in Conciliorum omnium generalium et provincialium collectio regia‎^[2], volume 26, published 1644, page 527:

     Sic enim legati sedis apostolicae eorumdem principalium Conciliorum sanctiones primaria subscriptione apostolica vice canonizabant.

     For the legates of the apostolic see used to ratify the decrees of the same Councils in this way in place of the principal apostolic signature.

3. to justify in canon law
4. to make someone a canon (member of a cathedral chapter)

Conjugation

Conjugation of canōnizō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	canōnizō	canōnizās	canōnizat	canōnizāmus	canōnizātis	canōnizant
	imperfect	canōnizābam	canōnizābās	canōnizābat	canōnizābāmus	canōnizābātis	canōnizābant
	future	canōnizābō	canōnizābis	canōnizābit	canōnizābimus	canōnizābitis	canōnizābunt
	perfect	canōnizāvī	canōnizāvistī	canōnizāvit	canōnizāvimus	canōnizāvistis	canōnizāvērunt, canōnizāvēre
	pluperfect	canōnizāveram	canōnizāverās	canōnizāverat	canōnizāverāmus	canōnizāverātis	canōnizāverant
	future perfect	canōnizāverō	canōnizāveris	canōnizāverit	canōnizāverimus	canōnizāveritis	canōnizāverint
passive	present	canōnizor	canōnizāris, canōnizāre	canōnizātur	canōnizāmur	canōnizāminī	canōnizantur
	imperfect	canōnizābar	canōnizābāris, canōnizābāre	canōnizābātur	canōnizābāmur	canōnizābāminī	canōnizābantur
	future	canōnizābor	canōnizāberis, canōnizābere	canōnizābitur	canōnizābimur	canōnizābiminī	canōnizābuntur
	perfect	canōnizātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	canōnizātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	canōnizātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	canōnizem	canōnizēs	canōnizet	canōnizēmus	canōnizētis	canōnizent
	imperfect	canōnizārem	canōnizārēs	canōnizāret	canōnizārēmus	canōnizārētis	canōnizārent
	perfect	canōnizāverim	canōnizāverīs	canōnizāverit	canōnizāverīmus	canōnizāverītis	canōnizāverint
	pluperfect	canōnizāvissem	canōnizāvissēs	canōnizāvisset	canōnizāvissēmus	canōnizāvissētis	canōnizāvissent
passive	present	canōnizer	canōnizēris, canōnizēre	canōnizētur	canōnizēmur	canōnizēminī	canōnizentur
	imperfect	canōnizārer	canōnizārēris, canōnizārēre	canōnizārētur	canōnizārēmur	canōnizārēminī	canōnizārentur
	perfect	canōnizātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	canōnizātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	canōnizā	—	—	canōnizāte	—
	future	—	canōnizātō	canōnizātō	—	canōnizātōte	canōnizantō
passive	present	—	canōnizāre	—	—	canōnizāminī	—
	future	—	canōnizātor	canōnizātor	—	—	canōnizantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		canōnizāre	canōnizāvisse	canōnizātūrum esse	canōnizārī	canōnizātum esse	canōnizātum īrī
participles		canōnizāns	—	canōnizātūrus	—	canōnizātus	canōnizandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		canōnizandī	canōnizandō	canōnizandum	canōnizandō	canōnizātum	canōnizātū

Descendants

• Catalan: canonitzar
• Galician: canonizar
• Italian: canonizzare
• Portuguese: canonizar
• Romanian: canoniza
• Spanish: canonizar
• → Old French: canonisier
  • French: canoniser
  • → English: canonise/canonize

References

• canonizare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “canonizare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

Portuguese

Verb

canonizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of canonizar

Spanish

Verb

canonizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of canonizar