finio

See also: finió

Latin

Etymology

From fīnis (boundary, limit).

Pronunciation

Verb

fīniō (present infinitive fīnīre, perfect active fīnīvī or fīniī, supine fīnītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to finish, terminate
  2. to set, appoint
  3. to limit, bound
    Synonyms: delīmitō, līmitō, moderor, inclūdō, claudō, minuō, coërceō
  4. (figuratively) to restrain

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Emilian: finîr
  • Insular Romance:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  • finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • finio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
    • to put an end to war: belli finem facere, bellum finire