verbthird conjugation, suppletive, semi-deponent, no future active participle, irregular long ī
fīō
fīō (present infinitive fierī, perfect active factus sum)
Classical[ˈfiː.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfiː.o]
№ 146 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- copulativesuppletiveto become, be made
Vōs ōrāmus ut discipulī ācerrimī fīātis
We are begging you to become very keen studentsCHARĪNUS: Quid mē fīet?
CHARINUS: What will become of me? or, What will happen to me?166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 709 - suppletiveto happen, take place, result, arise
ut fit
as happens usually/as is customaryfit ut
it happens that
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent future irregular
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fīō | fīēbam | fīam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | fīs | fīēbās | fīēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | fit | fīēbat | fīet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | fīmus | fīēbāmus | fīēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | fītis | fīēbātis | fīētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | fīunt | fīēbant | fīent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | fīam | fierem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | fīās | fierēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | fīat | fieret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | fīāmus | fierēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | fīātis | fierētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | fīant | fierent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | fī | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | fīte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | fītō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | fītō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | fītōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | fīuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | fierī | — |
| perfect infinitive | factum esse | — |
| future infinitive | factum īrī | — |
| present participle | fīēns fīente, fīentem, fīentēs, fīentī, fīentia, fīentibus, fīentis, fīentīs, fīentium | — |
| perfect participle | factus | — |
| future participle | — | fīendus |
gerundfīendī, fīendō, fīendumsupinefactum, factū
fīo, fĭĕri,
I. v. facio init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fīō fierī, used as
pass. of facio; see facio.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *fuiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare with fuī, originally the perfect of this verb but now attached to sum (“to be”); and constructions with -bō, -bam (e.g. amābō, placēbō, nocēbō, monēbam, audiēbam). The past participle is that of the verb faciō (“to make; to do”), via suppletion.
Borrowings
- Englishfiat