perfingo

Latin

Etymology

per- (“very much”, “thoroughly”, “perfectly”) +‎ fingō (“I form mentally or in speech”, “I represent in thought”; “I alter or change [something] for the purpose of dissembling”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /perˈfin.ɡoː/, [pɛrˈfɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈfin.ɡo/, [perˈfiŋɡo]

Verb

perfingō (present infinitive perfingere, perfect active perfīnxī, supine perfictum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to form, represent
2. (transitive) to counterfeit perfectly

Conjugation

Conjugation of perfingō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perfingō	perfingis	perfingit	perfingimus	perfingitis	perfingunt
	imperfect	perfingēbam	perfingēbās	perfingēbat	perfingēbāmus	perfingēbātis	perfingēbant
	future	perfingam	perfingēs	perfinget	perfingēmus	perfingētis	perfingent
	perfect	perfīnxī	perfīnxistī	perfīnxit	perfīnximus	perfīnxistis	perfīnxērunt, perfīnxēre
	pluperfect	perfīnxeram	perfīnxerās	perfīnxerat	perfīnxerāmus	perfīnxerātis	perfīnxerant
	future perfect	perfīnxerō	perfīnxeris	perfīnxerit	perfīnxerimus	perfīnxeritis	perfīnxerint
passive	present	perfingor	perfingeris, perfingere	perfingitur	perfingimur	perfingiminī	perfinguntur
	imperfect	perfingēbar	perfingēbāris, perfingēbāre	perfingēbātur	perfingēbāmur	perfingēbāminī	perfingēbantur
	future	perfingar	perfingēris, perfingēre	perfingētur	perfingēmur	perfingēminī	perfingentur
	perfect	perfictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perfictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perfictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perfingam	perfingās	perfingat	perfingāmus	perfingātis	perfingant
	imperfect	perfingerem	perfingerēs	perfingeret	perfingerēmus	perfingerētis	perfingerent
	perfect	perfīnxerim	perfīnxerīs	perfīnxerit	perfīnxerīmus	perfīnxerītis	perfīnxerint
	pluperfect	perfīnxissem	perfīnxissēs	perfīnxisset	perfīnxissēmus	perfīnxissētis	perfīnxissent
passive	present	perfingar	perfingāris, perfingāre	perfingātur	perfingāmur	perfingāminī	perfingantur
	imperfect	perfingerer	perfingerēris, perfingerēre	perfingerētur	perfingerēmur	perfingerēminī	perfingerentur
	perfect	perfictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perfictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perfinge	—	—	perfingite	—
	future	—	perfingitō	perfingitō	—	perfingitōte	perfinguntō
passive	present	—	perfingere	—	—	perfingiminī	—
	future	—	perfingitor	perfingitor	—	—	perfinguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perfingere	perfīnxisse	perfictūrum esse	perfingī	perfictum esse	perfictum īrī
participles		perfingēns	—	perfictūrus	—	perfictus	perfingendus, perfingundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perfingendī	perfingendō	perfingendum	perfingendō	perfictum	perfictū

References

• “perfingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perfingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,147/1.