LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

dēfestūcō

dēfestūcō (present infinitive dēfestūcāre, perfect active dēfestūcāvī, supine dēfestūcātum)

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinto waive
    omnemque deinceps contra sanctum Bavonem injusticiam suam deposuit et defestucavitand thereafter he relinquished and waived every wrong of his against [the church of] Saint Bavo1145, Thierry, Count of Flanders, “carta”, in Flandrische Staats- und Rechtsgeschichte bis zum Jahr 1305, volume 3/2, published 1839, page 232:

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēfestūcōdēfestūcābamdēfestūcābōdēfestūcāvīdēfestūcāveramdēfestūcāverō
2nd sg.dēfestūcāsdēfestūcābāsdēfestūcābisdēfestūcāvistīdēfestūcāverāsdēfestūcāveris
3rd sg.dēfestūcatdēfestūcābatdēfestūcābitdēfestūcāvitdēfestūcāveratdēfestūcāverit
1st pl.dēfestūcāmusdēfestūcābāmusdēfestūcābimusdēfestūcāvimusdēfestūcāverāmusdēfestūcāverimus
2nd pl.dēfestūcātisdēfestūcābātisdēfestūcābitisdēfestūcāvistisdēfestūcāverātisdēfestūcāveritis
3rd pl.dēfestūcantdēfestūcābantdēfestūcābuntdēfestūcāvērunt
dēfestūcāvēre
dēfestūcāverantdēfestūcāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēfestūcemdēfestūcāremdēfestūcāverimdēfestūcāvissem
2nd sg.dēfestūcēsdēfestūcārēsdēfestūcāverīsdēfestūcāvissēs
3rd sg.dēfestūcetdēfestūcāretdēfestūcāveritdēfestūcāvisset
1st pl.dēfestūcēmusdēfestūcārēmusdēfestūcāverīmusdēfestūcāvissēmus
2nd pl.dēfestūcētisdēfestūcārētisdēfestūcāverītisdēfestūcāvissētis
3rd pl.dēfestūcentdēfestūcārentdēfestūcāverintdēfestūcāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēfestūcordēfestūcābardēfestūcābor
2nd sg.dēfestūcāris
dēfestūcāre
dēfestūcābāris
dēfestūcābāre
dēfestūcāberis
dēfestūcābere
3rd sg.dēfestūcāturdēfestūcābāturdēfestūcābitur
1st pl.dēfestūcāmurdēfestūcābāmurdēfestūcābimur
2nd pl.dēfestūcāminīdēfestūcābāminīdēfestūcābiminī
3rd pl.dēfestūcanturdēfestūcābanturdēfestūcābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēfestūcerdēfestūcārer
2nd sg.dēfestūcēris
dēfestūcēre
dēfestūcārēris
dēfestūcārēre
3rd sg.dēfestūcēturdēfestūcārētur
1st pl.dēfestūcēmurdēfestūcārēmur
2nd pl.dēfestūcēminīdēfestūcārēminī
3rd pl.dēfestūcenturdēfestūcārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēfestūcādēfestūcāre
pres. 2nd pl.dēfestūcātedēfestūcāminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēfestūcātōdēfestūcātor
fut. 3rd sg.dēfestūcātōdēfestūcātor
fut. 2nd pl.dēfestūcātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēfestūcantōdēfestūcantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēfestūcāredēfestūcārī
perfect infinitivedēfestūcāvissedēfestūcātum esse
future infinitivedēfestūcātūrum essedēfestūcātum īrī
present participledēfestūcāns—
perfect participle—dēfestūcātus
future participledēfestūcātūrusdēfestūcandus
gerunddēfestūcandī, dēfestūcandō, dēfestūcandumsupinedēfestūcātum, dēfestūcātū

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēfestūcō

Latin dē- Latin festūca Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dēfestūcō From dē- (“de-”) + festūca (“rod as a symbol of legal authority”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs).

Quick answers

What does dēfestūcō mean in Latin?
dēfestūcō, a verb, means “to waive”.
What are the principal parts of dēfestūcō?
dēfestūcō, dēfestūcāre, dēfestūcāvī, dēfestūcātum (first conjugation).
Where does dēfestūcō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēfestūcō.