calefacio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caleō +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

Verb

calefaciō (present infinitive calefacere, perfect active calefēcī, supine calefactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive

  1. to warm or heat
  2. to rouse or excite

Usage notes

  • Superseded in urban speech by the syncopated form calfaciō by the 1st century CE.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *calfāre (see there for further descendants)

References

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