inficio
See also: inficiò
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inficio
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *enfakjō. Equivalent to in- (“in, at, on”) + faciō (“to perform, do”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfi.ki.oː/, [ĩːˈfɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [iɱˈfiːt͡ʃio]
Verb edit
īnficiō (present infinitive īnficere, perfect active īnfēcī, supine īnfectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to dip, to dunk, to submerge
- to color, to dye, to imbue, to stain, to tinge
- to corrupt, to poison, to spoil, to taint, to infect
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References edit
- “inficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be filled with absurd prejudices: opinionum pravitate infici
- to be filled with absurd prejudices: opinionum pravitate infici