findo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti (“to be splitting”), from the root *bʰeyd-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “to break”), Old English bītan (English bite).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfin.doː/, [ˈfɪn̪d̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfin.do/, [ˈfin̪d̪o]

Verb edit

findō (present infinitive findere, perfect active fidī, supine fissum); third conjugation

(literal, active voice) to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
Synonyms: dīscindō, scindō, carpō, discerpō, discīdō, distineō, distinguō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō, dīvertō

Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō

vomere findere terras ― to cleave the earth by plow
(poetic, rare) to split, burst
(figurative, poetic, rare) to divide
Synonyms: sēgregō, sēparō, sēcernō, dirimō, exclūdō, dīvidō, intersaepiō, dīvertō, discrībō

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of findō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	findō	findis	findit	findimus	finditis	findunt
	imperfect	findēbam	findēbās	findēbat	findēbāmus	findēbātis	findēbant
	future	findam	findēs	findet	findēmus	findētis	findent
	perfect	fidī	fidistī	fidit	fidimus	fidistis	fidērunt, fidēre
	pluperfect	fideram	fiderās	fiderat	fiderāmus	fiderātis	fiderant
	future perfect	fiderō	fideris	fiderit	fiderimus	fideritis	fiderint
passive	present	findor	finderis, findere	finditur	findimur	findiminī	finduntur
	imperfect	findēbar	findēbāris, findēbāre	findēbātur	findēbāmur	findēbāminī	findēbantur
	future	findar	findēris, findēre	findētur	findēmur	findēminī	findentur
	perfect	fissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	findam	findās	findat	findāmus	findātis	findant
	imperfect	finderem	finderēs	finderet	finderēmus	finderētis	finderent
	perfect	fiderim	fiderīs	fiderit	fiderīmus	fiderītis	fiderint
	pluperfect	fidissem	fidissēs	fidisset	fidissēmus	fidissētis	fidissent
passive	present	findar	findāris, findāre	findātur	findāmur	findāminī	findantur
	imperfect	finderer	finderēris, finderēre	finderētur	finderēmur	finderēminī	finderentur
	perfect	fissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	finde	—	—	findite	—
active	future	—	finditō	finditō	—	finditōte	finduntō
passive	present	—	findere	—	—	findiminī	—
passive	future	—	finditor	finditor	—	—	finduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		findere	fidisse	fissūrum esse	findī	fissum esse	fissum īrī
participles		findēns	—	fissūrus	—	fissus	findendus, findundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		findendī	findendō	findendum	findendō	fissum	fissū

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Descendants edit

Asturian: fender
Catalan: fendre
French: fendre
Galician: fender
Italian: fendere
Occitan: fénder, fendre
Portuguese: fender
Sicilian: fènniri
Spanish: hender
Venetian: sfénder

References edit

“findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
findo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
findo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.