sancio

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōn-ō).

Verb

present active sanciō, present infinitive sancīre, perfect active sānxī, supine sānctum.

1. I render, make or appoint as sacred or inviolable by a religious act.
2. I devote, consecrate, dedicate.
3. I forbid under the pain of punishment, enact a penalty against.
4. (law) I fix (unalterably); establish, decree, ordain; enact, confirm, ratify, sanction.

Inflection

Fourth Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sanciō	sancīs	sancit	sancīmus	sancītis	sanciunt
	future	sanciam	sanciēs	sanciet	sanciēmus	sanciētis	sancient
	imperfect	sanciēbam	sanciēbās	sanciēbat	sanciēbāmus	sanciēbātis	sanciēbant
	perfect	sānxī	sānxistī	sānxit	sānximus	sānxistis	sānxērunt
	future perfect	sānxerō	sānxeris	sānxerit	sānxerimus	sānxeritis	sānxerint
	pluperfect	sānxeram	sānxerās	sānxerat	sānxerāmus	sānxerātis	sānxerant
passive	present	sancior	sancīris	sancītur	sancīmur	sancīminī	sanciuntur
	future	sanciar	sanciēris	sanciētur	sanciēmur	sanciēminī	sancientur
	imperfect	sanciēbar	sanciēbāris	sanciēbātur	sanciēbāmur	sanciēbāminī	sanciēbantur
	perfect	Use sānctus m, sāncta f, sānctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use sānctus m, sāncta f, sānctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sānctus m, sāncta f, sānctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sanciam	sanciās	sanciat	sanciāmus	sanciātis	sanciant
	imperfect	sancīrem	sancīrēs	sancīret	sancīrēmus	sancīrētis	sancīrent
	perfect	sānxerim	sānxerīs	sānxerit	sānxerīmus	sānxerītis	sānxerint
	pluperfect	sānxissem	sānxissēs	sānxisset	sānxissēmus	sānxissētis	sānxissent
passive	present	sanciar	sanciāris	sanciātur	sanciāmur	sanciāminī	sanciantur
	imperfect	sancīrer	sancīrēris	sancīrētur	sancīrēmur	sancīrēminī	sancīrentur
	perfect	Use sānctus m, sāncta f, sānctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sānctus m, sāncta f, sānctum 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	sancī	sancītō	sancītō	sancīre	sancītor	sancītor
	plural	sancīte	sancītōte	sanciuntō	sancīminī	—	sanciuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sancīre	sānxisse	sānctūrus esse	sancīrī	sānctus esse	sānctum īrī
participles		sanciēns (sancientis)	—	sānctūrus-ra, -rum	—	sānctus-a, -um	sanciendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

sanctē sanctescō sanctificō sanctiloquus

sānctiō sānctor sānctum sānctus

Descendants

• Italian: sancire

References

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