informo

See also: informó and informò

Catalan

Verb

informo

1. first-person singular present indicative of informar

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• informacio (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈformo/

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• Rhymes: -ormo
• Syllabification: in‧for‧mo

Noun

informo (accusative singular informon, plural informoj, accusative plural informojn)

1. piece of information
2. an act of informing someone about something; notice, report

Usage notes

Unlike in English and many other European languages, the word informo is countable, usually referring to a single piece of information (e.g. a single fact) rather than any amount of information as a whole. As such, the English uncountable word "information" is usually translated with the plural informoj. In fact, in recent decades the Esperanto word is used far more often in the plural form than the singular.

Related terms

• informa (“informative”)
• informanto (“informant”)
• informejo (“information center”)
• informi (“to inform”)
• informpeti (“to query, ask for information”)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈformo/

Noun

informo (plural informi)

1. information

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfor.mo/
• Rhymes: -ormo
• Hyphenation: in‧fór‧mo

Verb

informo

1. first-person singular present indicative of informare

Anagrams

• Morfino, formino

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Latin fōrmō

Latin īnfōrmō

From in- + fōrmō (“to form, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈfoːr.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈfɔr.mo]

Verb

īnfōrmō (present infinitive īnfōrmāre, perfect active īnfōrmāvī, supine īnfōrmātum); first conjugation

1. to form, mould, fashion, give shape to
2. to delineate, sketch, form an idea
3. to inform, instruct, educate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnfōrmō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnfōrmō		īnfōrmās		īnfōrmat		īnfōrmāmus		īnfōrmātis		īnfōrmant
	imperfect	īnfōrmābam		īnfōrmābās		īnfōrmābat		īnfōrmābāmus		īnfōrmābātis		īnfōrmābant
	future	īnfōrmābō		īnfōrmābis		īnfōrmābit		īnfōrmābimus		īnfōrmābitis		īnfōrmābunt
	perfect	īnfōrmāvī		īnfōrmāvistī		īnfōrmāvit		īnfōrmāvimus		īnfōrmāvistis		īnfōrmāvērunt, īnfōrmāvēre
	pluperfect	īnfōrmāveram		īnfōrmāverās		īnfōrmāverat		īnfōrmāverāmus		īnfōrmāverātis		īnfōrmāverant
	future perfect	īnfōrmāverō		īnfōrmāveris		īnfōrmāverit		īnfōrmāverimus		īnfōrmāveritis		īnfōrmāverint
passive	present	īnfōrmor		īnfōrmāris, īnfōrmāre		īnfōrmātur		īnfōrmāmur		īnfōrmāminī		īnfōrmantur
	imperfect	īnfōrmābar		īnfōrmābāris, īnfōrmābāre		īnfōrmābātur		īnfōrmābāmur		īnfōrmābāminī		īnfōrmābantur
	future	īnfōrmābor		īnfōrmāberis, īnfōrmābere		īnfōrmābitur		īnfōrmābimur		īnfōrmābiminī		īnfōrmābuntur
	perfect	īnfōrmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnfōrmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnfōrmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	īnfōrmem		īnfōrmēs		īnfōrmet		īnfōrmēmus		īnfōrmētis		īnfōrment
	imperfect	īnfōrmārem		īnfōrmārēs		īnfōrmāret		īnfōrmārēmus		īnfōrmārētis		īnfōrmārent
	perfect	īnfōrmāverim		īnfōrmāverīs		īnfōrmāverit		īnfōrmāverīmus		īnfōrmāverītis		īnfōrmāverint
	pluperfect	īnfōrmāvissem		īnfōrmāvissēs		īnfōrmāvisset		īnfōrmāvissēmus		īnfōrmāvissētis		īnfōrmāvissent
passive	present	īnfōrmer		īnfōrmēris, īnfōrmēre		īnfōrmētur		īnfōrmēmur		īnfōrmēminī		īnfōrmentur
	imperfect	īnfōrmārer		īnfōrmārēris, īnfōrmārēre		īnfōrmārētur		īnfōrmārēmur		īnfōrmārēminī		īnfōrmārentur
	perfect	īnfōrmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnfōrmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		īnfōrmā		—		—		īnfōrmāte		—
	future	—		īnfōrmātō		īnfōrmātō		—		īnfōrmātōte		īnfōrmantō
passive	present	—		īnfōrmāre		—		—		īnfōrmāminī		—
	future	—		īnfōrmātor		īnfōrmātor		—		—		īnfōrmantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnfōrmāre			īnfōrmārī			īnfōrmāns			—
future		īnfōrmātūrum esse			īnfōrmātum īrī			īnfōrmātūrus			īnfōrmandus
perfect		īnfōrmāvisse			īnfōrmātum esse			—			īnfōrmātus
future perfect		—			īnfōrmātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnfōrmātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnfōrmandī		īnfōrmandō		īnfōrmandum		īnfōrmandō		īnfōrmātum		īnfōrmātū

Derived terms

• īnfōrmātiō
• īnfōrmātor

Related terms

• fōrmō
• īnfōrmis

Descendants

• Catalan: informar
• English: inform
• French: informer
• Galician: informar
• Italian: informare
• Portuguese: informar
• Romanian: informa
• Sicilian: nfurmari
• Spanish: informar

References

• “informo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “informo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “informo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to form an idea of a thing, imagine, conceive: animo, cogitatione aliquid fingere (or simply fingere, but without sibi), informare
    
  • to form a conception, notion of a thing: notionem or rationem alicuius rei in animo informare or animo concipere
    
  • to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
    
  • the usual subjects taught to boys: artes, quibus aetas puerilis ad humanitatem informari solet
    
• informo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

informo

1. first-person singular present indicative of informar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfoɾmo/ [ĩɱˈfoɾ.mo]
• Rhymes: -oɾmo
• Syllabification: in‧for‧mo

Verb

informo

1. first-person singular present indicative of informar