farcio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *farkjō (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥kʷ-yé-ti, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”) and cognate with frequēns, Ancient Greek φράσσω (phrássō, “to fence, block up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfar.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfar.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

farciō (present infinitive farcīre, perfect active farsī, supine fartum); fourth conjugation

1. to cram, stuff

Conjugation

   Conjugation of farciō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	farciō		farcīs		farcit		farcīmus		farcītis		farciunt
	imperfect	farciēbam		farciēbās		farciēbat		farciēbāmus		farciēbātis		farciēbant
	future	farciam		farciēs		farciet		farciēmus		farciētis		farcient
	perfect	farsī		farsistī		farsit		farsimus		farsistis		farsērunt, farsēre
	pluperfect	farseram		farserās		farserat		farserāmus		farserātis		farserant
	future perfect	farserō		farseris		farserit		farserimus		farseritis		farserint
passive	present	farcior		farcīris, farcīre		farcītur		farcīmur		farcīminī		farciuntur
	imperfect	farciēbar		farciēbāris, farciēbāre		farciēbātur		farciēbāmur		farciēbāminī		farciēbantur
	future	farciar		farciēris, farciēre		farciētur		farciēmur		farciēminī		farcientur
	perfect	fartus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fartus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fartus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	farciam		farciās		farciat		farciāmus		farciātis		farciant
	imperfect	farcīrem		farcīrēs		farcīret		farcīrēmus		farcīrētis		farcīrent
	perfect	farserim		farserīs		farserit		farserīmus		farserītis		farserint
	pluperfect	farsissem		farsissēs		farsisset		farsissēmus		farsissētis		farsissent
passive	present	farciar		farciāris, farciāre		farciātur		farciāmur		farciāminī		farciantur
	imperfect	farcīrer		farcīrēris, farcīrēre		farcīrētur		farcīrēmur		farcīrēminī		farcīrentur
	perfect	fartus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fartus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		farcī		—		—		farcīte		—
	future	—		farcītō		farcītō		—		farcītōte		farciuntō
passive	present	—		farcīre		—		—		farcīminī		—
	future	—		farcītor		farcītor		—		—		farciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		farcīre			farcīrī			farciēns			—
future		fartūrum esse			fartum īrī			fartūrus			farciendus, farciundus
perfect		farsisse			fartum esse			—			fartus
future perfect		—			fartum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fartūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		farciendī		farciendō		farciendum		farciendō		fartum		fartū

• Perfect passive participles farctus, farcītus, farsus also appear.

Derived terms

• circumfarciō
• conferciō
• efferciō, effarciō
• farcīmen
• fartor
• fartus
• īnferciō, īnfarciō
• referciō, refarciō

Descendants

• Basque: hartzitu
• Catalan: farcir
• French: farcir
  • → English: farce
• Italian: farcire
• Vulgar Latin: *fartāre (frequentative)
  • Galician: fartar
  • Spanish: hartar
  • Portuguese: fartar

Further reading

• “farcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “farcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “farcio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 110
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202