verbfirst conjugation, deponent
fabricor
fabricor (present infinitive fabricārī, perfect active fabricātus sum)
Classical[ˈfa.brɪ.kɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.bri.kor]
Meaning
- deponentto build, construct, fashion, forge, shape
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
construct
fabricor -ārī — in De Bello Gallico II
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fabricor | fabricābar | fabricābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | fabricāris fabricāre | fabricābāris fabricābāre | fabricāberis fabricābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | fabricātur | fabricābātur | fabricābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | fabricāmur | fabricābāmur | fabricābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | fabricāminī | fabricābāminī | fabricābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | fabricantur | fabricābantur | fabricābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fabricer | fabricārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | fabricēris fabricēre | fabricārēris fabricārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | fabricētur | fabricārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | fabricēmur | fabricārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | fabricēminī | fabricārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | fabricentur | fabricārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | fabricāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | fabricāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | fabricātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | fabricātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | fabricantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | fabricārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | fabricātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | fabricātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | fabricāns | — |
| perfect participle | fabricātus fabricāta, fabricātā, fabricātae, fabricātam, fabricātārum, fabricātās, fabricāte, fabricātī, fabricātīs, fabricātō, fabricātōrum, fabricātōs | — |
| future participle | fabricātūrus | fabricandus |
gerundfabricandī, fabricandō, fabricandumsupinefabricātum, fabricātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
- God made the world.
- deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum
- God is the Creator of the world.
fā^brĭcor, ātus, 1 (archaic
I. inf. fabricarier, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159), v. dep. a., and (poet. and in post-Aug. prose) făbrĭ-co, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. fabrica, to make out of wood, stone, metal, etc., to frame, forge, construct, build.
I. Lit.
(a). Form fabricor: heu Mulciber, arma ignavo es invictā fabricatus manu, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 208):
ii, qui signa fabricantur, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: Capitolii fastigium, id. de Or. 3, 46, 180: gladium, id. Rab. Post, 3, 7: Jovi fulmen, id. Div. 2, 19, 43: naves, Tac. A. 14, 29: pontes et scalas fabricati, id. ib. 4, 51: (mundum) globosum est fabricatus, Cic. Univ. 6 Orell. N. cr. et saep.— (b). Form fabrico:
hunc (cratera) fabricaverat Alcon, Ov. M. 13, 683; cf.: pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 102: ratem, Phaedr. 4, 6, 9: fabricavit deceris Liburnicas, Suet. Calig. 37: vasa fabricabis, Vulg. Exod. 27, 3; id. Num. 32, 16 al.—In pass.: fabricata fago pocula, carved, made, Ov. M. 8, 670; cf.: simulacra ex auro vel argento fabricata, cast, molten, Suet. Ner. 32: in amphitheatro ligneo intra anni spatium fabricato, built, id. ib. 12: tela reponuntur manibus fabricata Cyclopum, forged, Ov. M. 1, 259; cf. Quint. 2, 16, 6; 3, 2, 2; Vell. 2, 79, 2: in nostros fabricata est machina muros, Verg. A. 2, 46: di qui hominis manu fabricati sunt, Vulg. Deut. 4, 28 et saep.—II. Transf., in gen., to prepare, form, fashion.
(a). Form fabricor:
hoc affirmare potes, Luculle, esse aliquam vim cum prudentia et consilio scilicet, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem? Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.: quanto quasi artificio natura fabricata esset primum animal omne, deinde hominem maxime, id. ib. 2, 10, 30: opus est fabricanda ad fulmina nubi, Lucr. 6, 365 Lachm. N. cr.; imitated: fabricantes fulmina nubes, Manil. 1, 853: ut ea ipsa dii immortales ad usum hominum fabricati paene videantur, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. de Or. 3, 45, 178: prandium opipare, App. M. 7, p. 192, 31: quod nihil esset clarius ἐναργεία, ut Graeci: (perspicuitatem aut evidentiam nos, si placet, nominemus fabricemurque, si opus erit, verba), etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17: fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 89; cf.: compara, fabricare, finge quod lubet, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 42. —Absol.: age modo, fabricamini, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 52.—(b). Form fabrico:
philosophia animum format et fabricat, Sen. Ep. 16, 3: qui fabricaverat illum (Platonem), Manil. 1, 772: ne fabricate moras, Sil. 16, 671.—In pass.: dum illa verba fabricentur et memoriae insidant, Quint. 10, 7, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fabricor ātus, ārī, dep.
fabrica, to make, frame, forge, construct, build : signa: Capitoli fastigium: gladium. — To prepare, form, fashion, construct : hominem: animal omne: verba, coin .
Origins
From fabrica + -or, from faber.
In English words that came into English from fabricor
- forgefabrico
- forgeryfabricō
- fabricatefabricātus
- fabricationfabricatio