findo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φείδομαι (feídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “to break”), Old English bītan (English bite)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈfin.doː/

Verb

present active findō, present infinitive findere, perfect active fidī, supine fissum.

1. (transitive) I cleave, break up, separate, divide, split.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	findō	findis	findit	findimus	finditis	findunt
	future	findam	findēs	findet	findēmus	findētis	findent
	imperfect	findēbam	findēbās	findēbat	findēbāmus	findēbātis	findēbant
	perfect	fidī	fidistī	fidit	fidimus	fidistis	fidērunt
	future perfect	fiderō	fideris	fiderit	fiderimus	fideritis	fiderint
	pluperfect	fideram	fiderās	fiderat	fiderāmus	fiderātis	fiderant
passive	present	findor	finderis	finditur	findimur	findiminī	finduntur
	future	findar	findēris	findētur	findēmur	findēminī	findentur
	imperfect	findēbar	findēbāris	findēbātur	findēbāmur	findēbāminī	findēbantur
	perfect	Use fissus m, fissa f, fissum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use fissus m, fissa f, fissum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use fissus m, fissa f, fissum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	findam	findās	findat	findāmus	findātis	findant
	imperfect	finderem	finderēs	finderet	finderēmus	finderētis	finderent
	perfect	fiderim	fiderīs	fiderit	fiderīmus	fiderītis	fiderint
	pluperfect	fidissem	fidissēs	fidisset	fidissēmus	fidissētis	fidissent
passive	present	findar	findāris	findātur	findāmur	findāminī	findantur
	imperfect	finderer	finderēris	finderētur	finderēmur	finderēminī	finderentur
	perfect	Use fissus m, fissa f, fissum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use fissus m, fissa f, fissum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	finde	finditō	finditō	findere	finditor	finditor
	plural	findite	finditōte	finduntō	findiminī	—	finduntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		findere	fidisse	fissūrus esse	findī	fissus esse	fissum īrī
participles		findēns (findentis)	—	fissūrus-ra, -rum	—	fissus-a, -um	findendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• fissiō
• fissum
• fissūra
• fissus
• fistula

References

• findo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Portuguese

Verb

findo

1. first-person singular present indicative of findar