conficio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈfɪ.ki.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

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

to prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse
Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, absolvō, efficiō, impleō, conclūdō, condō, exsequor, fungor, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, prōflīgō, gerō, claudō, inclūdō, peragō, perferō, persolvō, exhauriō
to produce, cause, bring about, effect, secure
to finish, end, spend, pass, complete
to procure, bring together, collect, produce, prepare
Synonyms: confero, conveho, contraho
to perform, celebrate
(philosophy) to show, deduce, demonstrate
(figuratively) to diminish, lessen, wear out, consume, exhaust
Synonyms: abutor, perago, tero, effundo, accido, eneco
to destroy, kill
Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, interimō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, percutiō, interficiō, trucīdō, iugulō, sōpiō, perimō, peragō, dēiciō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
	sigmatic future¹	cōnfexō	cōnfexis		cōnfexit	cōnfeximus	cōnfexitis		cōnfexint
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
subjunctive		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
	sigmatic aorist¹	cōnfexim	cōnfexīs		cōnfexīt	cōnfexīmus	cōnfexītis		cōnfexint
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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cōnfice		—	—	cōnficite		—
active	future	—	cōnficitō		cōnficitō	—	cōnficitōte		cōnficiuntō
passive	present	—	cōnficere		—	—	cōnficiminī		—
passive	future	—	cōnficitor		cōnficitor	—	—		cōnficiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cōnficere		cōnficī		cōnficiēns		—
future		cōnfectūrum esse		cōnfectum īrī		cōnfectūrus		cōnficiendus, cōnficiundus
perfect		cōnfēcisse		cōnfectum esse		—		cōnfectus
future perfect		—		cōnfectum fore		—		—
perfect potential		cōnfectūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cōnficiendī	cōnficiendō		cōnficiendum	cōnficiendō	cōnfectum		cōnfectū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

French: confire
Italian: confare, ⇒ confarsi
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cōnfectāre
- Italian: confettare
- Portuguese: confeitar
- Spanish: cohechar
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *excōnficiō
- Old Occitan: esconfire
  - →? Italian: sconfiggere

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