calefacio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caleō +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.leːˈfa.ki.oː/, [käɫ̪eːˈfäkioː] or IPA(key): /ka.leˈfa.ki.oː/, [käɫ̪ɛˈfäkioː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.leˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [käleˈfäːt͡ʃio]
  • Note: second vowel always short in Classical hexameters via iambic shortening.

Verb

calē̆faciō (present infinitive calē̆facere, perfect active calē̆fēcī, supine calē̆factum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

  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Superseded in urban speech by the syncopated form calfaciō by the 1st century CE.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
   Conjugation of calē̆faciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calē̆faciō calē̆facis calē̆facit calē̆facimus calē̆facitis calē̆faciunt
imperfect calē̆faciēbam calē̆faciēbās calē̆faciēbat calē̆faciēbāmus calē̆faciēbātis calē̆faciēbant
future calē̆faciam calē̆faciēs calē̆faciet calē̆faciēmus calē̆faciētis calē̆facient
perfect calē̆fēcī calē̆fēcistī calē̆fēcit calē̆fēcimus calē̆fēcistis calē̆fēcērunt,
calē̆fēcēre
pluperfect calē̆fēceram calē̆fēcerās calē̆fēcerat calē̆fēcerāmus calē̆fēcerātis calē̆fēcerant
future perfect calē̆fēcerō calē̆fēceris calē̆fēcerit calē̆fēcerimus calē̆fēceritis calē̆fēcerint
passive present calē̆fīō calē̆fīs calē̆fit calē̆fīmus calē̆fītis calē̆fīunt
imperfect calē̆fīēbam calē̆fīēbās calē̆fīēbat calē̆fīēbāmus calē̆fīēbātis calē̆fīēbant
future calē̆fīam calē̆fīēs calē̆fīet calē̆fīēmus calē̆fīētis calē̆fīent
perfect calē̆factus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect calē̆factus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect calē̆factus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calē̆faciam calē̆faciās calē̆faciat calē̆faciāmus calē̆faciātis calē̆faciant
imperfect calē̆facerem calē̆facerēs calē̆faceret calē̆facerēmus calē̆facerētis calē̆facerent
perfect calē̆fēcerim calē̆fēcerīs calē̆fēcerit calē̆fēcerīmus calē̆fēcerītis calē̆fēcerint
pluperfect calē̆fēcissem calē̆fēcissēs calē̆fēcisset calē̆fēcissēmus calē̆fēcissētis calē̆fēcissent
passive present calē̆fīam calē̆fīās calē̆fīat calē̆fīāmus calē̆fīātis calē̆fīant
imperfect calē̆fierem calē̆fierēs calē̆fieret calē̆fierēmus calē̆fierētis calē̆fierent
perfect calē̆factus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect calē̆factus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — calē̆face — — calē̆facite —
future — calē̆facitō calē̆facitō — calē̆facitōte calē̆faciuntō
passive present — calē̆fī — — calē̆fīte —
future — calē̆fītō calē̆fītō — calē̆fītōte calē̆fīuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives calē̆facere calē̆fēcisse calē̆factūrum esse calē̆fierī calē̆factum esse calē̆factum īrī
participles calē̆faciēns — calē̆factūrus — calē̆factus calē̆faciendus,
calē̆faciundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
calē̆faciendī calē̆faciendō calē̆faciendum calē̆faciendō calē̆factum calē̆factū

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.
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