officio

See also: offício, and officiò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofˈfi.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Hyphenation: of‧fì‧cio

Etymology 1

Noun

officio m (plural offici)

1. (dated) Alternative form of ufficio

Etymology 2

Verb

officio

1. first-person singular present indicative of officiare

Latin

Alternative forms

• obfaciō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opifakjō. Equivalent to ob- (“against”) +‎ faciō (“make, act”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ofˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɔfˈfɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [ofˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

officiō (present infinitive officere, perfect active offēcī, supine offectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to obstruct, hinder, block

   Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, refrēnō, obstruō, dētineō, retineō, arceō, cohibeō, inclūdō, perimō, obstō, tardō, premō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō, sustentō

   Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exonerō, absolvō, excipiō, ēmittō

2. (figuratively) to stand in the way of, oppose

   Synonyms: adversor, obstō, resistō, vetō, dīvertō, restō, recūsō, subsistō, repugnō, refrāgor, oppōnō, obversor

3. to be detrimental or hurtful to (+ dative)

   Antonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, prōsum, adiūtō

Conjugation

Conjugation of officiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	officiō	officis	officit	officimus	officitis	officiunt
	imperfect	officiēbam	officiēbās	officiēbat	officiēbāmus	officiēbātis	officiēbant
	future	officiam	officiēs	officiet	officiēmus	officiētis	officient
	perfect	offēcī	offēcistī	offēcit	offēcimus	offēcistis	offēcērunt, offēcēre
	pluperfect	offēceram	offēcerās	offēcerat	offēcerāmus	offēcerātis	offēcerant
	future perfect	offēcerō	offēceris	offēcerit	offēcerimus	offēceritis	offēcerint
passive	present	officior	officeris, officere	officitur	officimur	officiminī	officiuntur
	imperfect	officiēbar	officiēbāris, officiēbāre	officiēbātur	officiēbāmur	officiēbāminī	officiēbantur
	future	officiar	officiēris, officiēre	officiētur	officiēmur	officiēminī	officientur
	perfect	offectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	offectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	offectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	officiam	officiās	officiat	officiāmus	officiātis	officiant
	imperfect	officerem	officerēs	officeret	officerēmus	officerētis	officerent
	perfect	offēcerim	offēcerīs	offēcerit	offēcerīmus	offēcerītis	offēcerint
	pluperfect	offēcissem	offēcissēs	offēcisset	offēcissēmus	offēcissētis	offēcissent
passive	present	officiar	officiāris, officiāre	officiātur	officiāmur	officiāminī	officiantur
	imperfect	officerer	officerēris, officerēre	officerētur	officerēmur	officerēminī	officerentur
	perfect	offectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	offectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	office	—	—	officite	—
	future	—	officitō	officitō	—	officitōte	officiuntō
passive	present	—	officere	—	—	officiminī	—
	future	—	officitor	officitor	—	—	officiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		officere	offēcisse	offectūrum esse	officī	offectum esse	offectum īrī
participles		officiēns	—	offectūrus	—	offectus	officiendus, officiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		officiendī	officiendō	officiendum	officiendō	offectum	offectū

Noun

officiō n

1. dative/ablative singular of officium

Derived terms

• ex officio

References

• “officio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “officio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
    
  • to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    
  • to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building: luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere
    
  • (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain faithful to one's duty: in officio manere (Att. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    
  • (ambiguous) without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere
    
• officio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

officio m (plural officios)

1. Obsolete spelling of ofício.