impedio

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpediō
• (archaic) indupediō

Etymology

From in- (“into, in”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō; literally, to "shackle the feet". Compare Latin impedicō, Ancient Greek ἐμποδίζω (empodízō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈpɛ.di.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈpɛː.di.o]

Verb

impediō (present infinitive impedīre, perfect active impedīvī or impediī, supine impedītum); fourth conjugation

1. to hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart

   Synonyms: obstō, moror, arceō, supprimō, cū̆nctor, prohibeō, tardō, contineō, retineō, obstruō, cohibeō, dētineō, refrēnō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, sustentō, perimō, obstō, officiō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō

   Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, vindicō, servō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.28:

     Quid tandem tē impedit? Mōsne maiōrum?

     What, then, prevents you [from taking action]? Is it the custom of our ancestors?

2. to embarrass

Conjugation

   Conjugation of impediō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	impediō		impedīs		impedit		impedīmus		impedītis		impediunt
	imperfect	impediēbam		impediēbās		impediēbat		impediēbāmus		impediēbātis		impediēbant
	future	impediam		impediēs		impediet		impediēmus		impediētis		impedient
	perfect	impedīvī, impediī		impedīvistī, impediistī		impedīvit, impediit		impedīvimus, impediimus		impedīvistis, impediistis		impedīvērunt, impedīvēre, impediērunt, impediēre
	pluperfect	impedīveram, impedieram		impedīverās, impedierās		impedīverat, impedierat		impedīverāmus, impedierāmus		impedīverātis, impedierātis		impedīverant, impedierant
	future perfect	impedīverō, impedierō		impedīveris, impedieris		impedīverit, impedierit		impedīverimus, impedierimus		impedīveritis, impedieritis		impedīverint, impedierint
passive	present	impedior		impedīris, impedīre		impedītur		impedīmur		impedīminī		impediuntur
	imperfect	impediēbar		impediēbāris, impediēbāre		impediēbātur		impediēbāmur		impediēbāminī		impediēbantur
	future	impediar		impediēris, impediēre		impediētur		impediēmur		impediēminī		impedientur
	perfect	impedītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impedītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impedītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	impediam		impediās		impediat		impediāmus		impediātis		impediant
	imperfect	impedīrem		impedīrēs		impedīret		impedīrēmus		impedīrētis		impedīrent
	perfect	impedīverim, impedierim		impedīverīs, impedierīs		impedīverit, impedierit		impedīverīmus, impedierīmus		impedīverītis, impedierītis		impedīverint, impedierint
	pluperfect	impedīvissem, impediissem		impedīvissēs, impediissēs		impedīvisset, impediisset		impedīvissēmus, impediissēmus		impedīvissētis, impediissētis		impedīvissent, impediissent
passive	present	impediar		impediāris, impediāre		impediātur		impediāmur		impediāminī		impediantur
	imperfect	impedīrer		impedīrēris, impedīrēre		impedīrētur		impedīrēmur		impedīrēminī		impedīrentur
	perfect	impedītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	impedītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		impedī		—		—		impedīte		—
	future	—		impedītō		impedītō		—		impedītōte		impediuntō
passive	present	—		impedīre		—		—		impedīminī		—
	future	—		impedītor		impedītor		—		—		impediuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		impedīre			impedīrī			impediēns			—
future		impedītūrum esse			impedītum īrī			impedītūrus			impediendus, impediundus
perfect		impedīvisse, impediisse			impedītum esse			—			impedītus
future perfect		—			impedītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		impedītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		impediendī		impediendō		impediendum		impediendō		impedītum		impedītū

Derived terms

• impedītiō

Related terms

• compediō
• expediō
• impedicō
• praepediō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: impedire
  • Sicilian: mpidiri
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *impedīscō, *impedīscere
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: enpeeçer
    • Galician: empecer
    • Portuguese: empecer
  • Spanish: empecer
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: impedir
  • → English: impede
  • → Galician: impedir
  • → Piedmontese: impedì
  • → Portuguese: impedir
  • → Spanish: impedir

References

• “impedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “impedio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an impassable road: iter impeditum
    
• impedio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN