definio

See also: definió

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīniō (set a limit, bound, end).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēfīniō (present infinitive dēfīnīre, perfect active dēfīnīvī, supine dēfīnītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to bound, set bounds to; to limit
  2. to define, explain, designate by limiting
  3. to terminate, finish

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: definir
  • Catalan: definir
  • Dutch: definiëren
  • Friulian: definî
  • Galician: definir
  • German: definieren
  • Interlingua: definir
  • Italian: definire
  • Lombard: definì
  • Luxembourgish: definéieren
  • Old French: definer, definir (see there for further descendants)
  • Piedmontese: definì
  • Portuguese: definir
  • Spanish: definir

References

  • definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • definio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • definio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
    • to define a thing: rem (res) definire
    • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem