verb
īnfit
īnfit (present infinitive īnfierī)
Classical[ˈĩː.fɪt]Ecclesiastical[ˈiɱ.fit]
Meaning
- to begin
- specificallyto begin to speak
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | īnfit | īnfīēbat | īnfīet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | īnfīat | īnfieret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| fut. 3rd sg. | īnfītō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | īnfierī | — |
| present participle | īnfīēns | — |
| future participle | — | īnfīendum |
gerundīnfīendī, īnfīendō, īnfīendum
in-fit,
I. v. def. (infĭunt, Mart. Cap. 2, § 220: infe ἄρξαι, Gloss.: infĭo, Varr. ap. Prisc. 8 fin.), he (she, it), begins:
infit me percontarier, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 76: laudare formam virginis, id. Rud. prol. 51. postulare plorans ejulans, ut, etc., id. Aul. 2, 4, 39: commutare animum (with adoritur), Lucr. 3, 515: erigere caput, id. 5, 1208: ita farier, Verg. A. 11, 242. — II. In partic.
A. He begins to speak:
his vocibus infit, Verg. A. 5, 708; cf.: talibus, id. ib. 10, 860: tum ita Tullus infit: Romani, etc., Liv. 1, 28, 4; cf. with acc. and inf.: ibi infit, annum se tertium et octogesimum agere, Liv. 3, 71, 6. — B. In gen., he speaks, Prud. Apoth. 805.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-fit
defect, begins: ita farier, V.—Begins to speak; his vocibus infit, V.: ita Tullus infit: Romani, etc., L.: ibi infit, se agere, etc., L.: causam scitantibus infit, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinīnfit
Latin fiō Latin īnfit From in- + fiō (“to become”).