aedifico

Latin

Alternative forms

aedifaciō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin aedēs

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin aedificō

From aedēs (“building”) + -ficō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ae̯ˈdɪ.fɪ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈdiː.fi.ko]

Verb

aedificō (present infinitive aedificāre, perfect active aedificāvī, supine aedificātum); first conjugation

to build, erect, establish
Synonyms: exaedificō, inaedificō, struō, cōnstruō, condō, compōnō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
- c. 11th century, Bayeux Tapestry, scene 35:
  Hic Willelm dux iussit navēs edificāre
  Here, William ordered ships to be built
(Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) (figuratively) to "build" a life, to live in a morally good or prudent manner
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.14.1:
  Sapiēns mulier aedificāvit domum suam: īnsipiēns īnstrūctam quoque dēstruet manibus.
  A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
to create, frame
Synonym: creō

Conjugation

Conjugation of aedificō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aedificō	aedificās		aedificat	aedificāmus	aedificātis		aedificant
	imperfect	aedificābam	aedificābās		aedificābat	aedificābāmus	aedificābātis		aedificābant
	future	aedificābō	aedificābis		aedificābit	aedificābimus	aedificābitis		aedificābunt
	perfect	aedificāvī	aedificāvistī, aedificāstī¹		aedificāvit, aedificāt¹	aedificāvimus, aedificāmus¹	aedificāvistis, aedificāstis¹		aedificāvērunt, aedificārunt, aedificāvēre¹
	pluperfect	aedificāveram, aedificāram¹	aedificāverās, aedificārās¹		aedificāverat, aedificārat¹	aedificāverāmus, aedificārāmus¹	aedificāverātis, aedificārātis¹		aedificāverant, aedificārant¹
	future perfect	aedificāverō, aedificārō¹	aedificāveris, aedificāris¹		aedificāverit, aedificārit¹	aedificāverimus, aedificārimus¹	aedificāveritis, aedificāritis¹		aedificāverint, aedificārint¹
passive	present	aedificor	aedificāris, aedificāre		aedificātur	aedificāmur	aedificāminī		aedificantur
	imperfect	aedificābar	aedificābāris, aedificābāre		aedificābātur	aedificābāmur	aedificābāminī		aedificābantur
	future	aedificābor	aedificāberis, aedificābere		aedificābitur	aedificābimur	aedificābiminī		aedificābuntur
	perfect	aedificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aedificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aedificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aedificem	aedificēs		aedificet	aedificēmus	aedificētis		aedificent
	imperfect	aedificārem	aedificārēs		aedificāret	aedificārēmus	aedificārētis		aedificārent
	perfect	aedificāverim, aedificārim¹	aedificāverīs, aedificārīs¹		aedificāverit, aedificārit¹	aedificāverīmus, aedificārīmus¹	aedificāverītis, aedificārītis¹		aedificāverint, aedificārint¹
	pluperfect	aedificāvissem, aedificāssem¹	aedificāvissēs, aedificāssēs¹		aedificāvisset, aedificāsset¹	aedificāvissēmus, aedificāssēmus¹	aedificāvissētis, aedificāssētis¹		aedificāvissent, aedificāssent¹
passive	present	aedificer	aedificēris, aedificēre		aedificētur	aedificēmur	aedificēminī		aedificentur
	imperfect	aedificārer	aedificārēris, aedificārēre		aedificārētur	aedificārēmur	aedificārēminī		aedificārentur
	perfect	aedificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aedificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	aedificā		—	—	aedificāte		—
active	future	—	aedificātō		aedificātō	—	aedificātōte		aedificantō
passive	present	—	aedificāre		—	—	aedificāminī		—
passive	future	—	aedificātor		aedificātor	—	—		aedificantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		aedificāre		aedificārī		aedificāns		—
future		aedificātūrum esse		aedificātum īrī		aedificātūrus		aedificandus
perfect		aedificāvisse, aedificāsse¹		aedificātum esse		—		aedificātus
future perfect		—		aedificātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		aedificātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		aedificandī	aedificandō		aedificandum	aedificandō	aedificātum		aedificātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Inherited:
- Old French:
  Zarphatic: eigier
- Portuguese: eiviguar
Semi-learned borrowings:
- Old Navarro-Aragonese: eificare
- Old Leonese: edivigare
Learned borrowings:
- → Catalan: edificar
- → Old French: edefier, edifier
  - Middle French: edifier
    - French: édifier
  - → Middle English: edifien
    - English: edify
  - → Old Occitan: edifiar
    - Occitan: edifiar
- → Italian: edificare
- → Old Occitan: edificar
  - Occitan: edificar
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: edificar
  - Portuguese: edificar
- → Old Spanish: edificar
  - Spanish: edificar
- → Romanian: edifica

References

“aedifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aedifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“aedifico”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
- to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
- (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum