olfacio

Latin

Etymology

Syncopic form of olefaciō, from oleō (“to smell of”) +‎ faciō (“to do, make”). As known from Quintillian, the old form had been superseded in speech with the syncopated form by the 1st century CE.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /olˈfa.ki.oː/, [ɔɫ̪ˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /olˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [olˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

olfaciō (present infinitive olfacere, perfect active olfēcī, supine olfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. (literal, transitive) to smell, scent

   Synonyms: olfactō, odōror

   1. (figuratively, transitive) to smell, detect, surmise; to hear about
2. (transitive) to cause to smell of anything

Conjugation

Conjugation of olfaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	olfaciō	olfacis	olfacit	olfacimus	olfacitis	olfaciunt
	imperfect	olfaciēbam	olfaciēbās	olfaciēbat	olfaciēbāmus	olfaciēbātis	olfaciēbant
	future	olfaciam	olfaciēs	olfaciet	olfaciēmus	olfaciētis	olfacient
	perfect	olfēcī	olfēcistī	olfēcit	olfēcimus	olfēcistis	olfēcērunt, olfēcēre
	pluperfect	olfēceram	olfēcerās	olfēcerat	olfēcerāmus	olfēcerātis	olfēcerant
	future perfect	olfēcerō	olfēceris	olfēcerit	olfēcerimus	olfēceritis	olfēcerint
passive	present	olfīō	olfīs	olfit	olfīmus	olfītis	olfīunt
	imperfect	olfīēbam	olfīēbās	olfīēbat	olfīēbāmus	olfīēbātis	olfīēbant
	future	olfīam	olfīēs	olfīet	olfīēmus	olfīētis	olfīent
	perfect	olfactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	olfactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	olfactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	olfaciam	olfaciās	olfaciat	olfaciāmus	olfaciātis	olfaciant
	imperfect	olfacerem	olfacerēs	olfaceret	olfacerēmus	olfacerētis	olfacerent
	perfect	olfēcerim	olfēcerīs	olfēcerit	olfēcerīmus	olfēcerītis	olfēcerint
	pluperfect	olfēcissem	olfēcissēs	olfēcisset	olfēcissēmus	olfēcissētis	olfēcissent
passive	present	olfīam	olfīās	olfīat	olfīāmus	olfīātis	olfīant
	imperfect	olfierem	olfierēs	olfieret	olfierēmus	olfierētis	olfierent
	perfect	olfactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	olfactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	olface	—	—	olfacite	—
	future	—	olfacitō	olfacitō	—	olfacitōte	olfaciuntō
passive	present	—	olfī	—	—	olfīte	—
	future	—	olfītō	olfītō	—	olfītōte	olfīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		olfacere	olfēcisse	olfactūrum esse	olfierī	olfactum esse	olfactum īrī
participles		olfaciēns	—	olfactūrus	—	olfactus	olfaciendus, olfaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		olfaciendī	olfaciendō	olfaciendum	olfaciendō	olfactum	olfactū

Derived terms

• olfactō
• olfactōria
• olfactōrium
• olfactrix
• olfactus
• subolfaciō

 

Related terms

• faciō
• oleō

References

• “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• olfacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.