Latin edit

Etymology edit

Late Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek κολαφίζω (kolaphízō, I slap, buffett), from κόλαφος (kólaphos, a slap) (whence Classical colaphus) from κόνδυλος (kóndulos, knuckle) (whence Classical condylus).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

colaphizō (present infinitive colaphizāre, perfect active colaphizāvī, supine colaphizātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) to cuff (box someone's ears)

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of colaphizō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present colaphizō colaphizās colaphizat colaphizāmus colaphizātis colaphizant
imperfect colaphizābam colaphizābās colaphizābat colaphizābāmus colaphizābātis colaphizābant
future colaphizābō colaphizābis colaphizābit colaphizābimus colaphizābitis colaphizābunt
perfect colaphizāvī colaphizāvistī colaphizāvit colaphizāvimus colaphizāvistis colaphizāvērunt,
colaphizāvēre
pluperfect colaphizāveram colaphizāverās colaphizāverat colaphizāverāmus colaphizāverātis colaphizāverant
future perfect colaphizāverō colaphizāveris colaphizāverit colaphizāverimus colaphizāveritis colaphizāverint
passive present colaphizor colaphizāris,
colaphizāre
colaphizātur colaphizāmur colaphizāminī colaphizantur
imperfect colaphizābar colaphizābāris,
colaphizābāre
colaphizābātur colaphizābāmur colaphizābāminī colaphizābantur
future colaphizābor colaphizāberis,
colaphizābere
colaphizābitur colaphizābimur colaphizābiminī colaphizābuntur
perfect colaphizātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect colaphizātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect colaphizātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present colaphizem colaphizēs colaphizet colaphizēmus colaphizētis colaphizent
imperfect colaphizārem colaphizārēs colaphizāret colaphizārēmus colaphizārētis colaphizārent
perfect colaphizāverim colaphizāverīs colaphizāverit colaphizāverīmus colaphizāverītis colaphizāverint
pluperfect colaphizāvissem colaphizāvissēs colaphizāvisset colaphizāvissēmus colaphizāvissētis colaphizāvissent
passive present colaphizer colaphizēris,
colaphizēre
colaphizētur colaphizēmur colaphizēminī colaphizentur
imperfect colaphizārer colaphizārēris,
colaphizārēre
colaphizārētur colaphizārēmur colaphizārēminī colaphizārentur
perfect colaphizātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect colaphizātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present colaphizā colaphizāte
future colaphizātō colaphizātō colaphizātōte colaphizantō
passive present colaphizāre colaphizāminī
future colaphizātor colaphizātor colaphizantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives colaphizāre colaphizāvisse colaphizātūrum esse colaphizārī colaphizātum esse colaphizātum īrī
participles colaphizāns colaphizātūrus colaphizātus colaphizandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
colaphizandī colaphizandō colaphizandum colaphizandō colaphizātum colaphizātū

References edit

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