officio
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
officio m (plural offici)
- Dated form of ufficio.
VerbEdit
officio
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *opifakjō. Equivalent to ob- (“against”) + faciō (“make, act”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ofˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɔfˈfɪkioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [ɔfˈfiːt͡ʃiɔ]
VerbEdit
officiō (present infinitive officere, perfect active offēcī, supine offectum); third conjugation iō-variant
ConjugationEdit
NounEdit
officiō
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- officio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- officio in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
- 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
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
- officio in Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016, retrieved 16 July 2016
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
officio m (plural officios)
- Obsolete spelling of ofício