olfacio

Latin

Etymology

Syncopic form of olefaciō, from oleō (“to smell of”) +‎ faciō (“to do, make”). As known from Quintillian, the old form had been superseded in speech with the syncopated form by the 1st century CE.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

olfaciō (present infinitive olfacere, perfect active olfēcī, supine olfactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive

1. (literal, transitive) to smell, scent

   Synonyms: olfactō, odōror

   1. (figuratively, transitive) to smell, detect, surmise; to hear about
2. (transitive) to cause to smell of anything

Conjugation

   Conjugation of olfaciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	olfaciō		olfacis		olfacit		olfacimus		olfacitis		olfaciunt
	imperfect	olfaciēbam		olfaciēbās		olfaciēbat		olfaciēbāmus		olfaciēbātis		olfaciēbant
	future	olfaciam		olfaciēs		olfaciet		olfaciēmus		olfaciētis		olfacient
	perfect	olfēcī		olfēcistī		olfēcit		olfēcimus		olfēcistis		olfēcērunt, olfēcēre
	pluperfect	olfēceram		olfēcerās		olfēcerat		olfēcerāmus		olfēcerātis		olfēcerant
	future perfect	olfēcerō		olfēceris		olfēcerit		olfēcerimus		olfēceritis		olfēcerint
passive	present	olfīō		olfīs		olfit		olfīmus		olfītis		olfīunt
	imperfect	olfīēbam		olfīēbās		olfīēbat		olfīēbāmus		olfīēbātis		olfīēbant
	future	olfīam		olfīēs		olfīet		olfīēmus		olfīētis		olfīent
	perfect	olfactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	olfactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	olfactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	olfaciam		olfaciās		olfaciat		olfaciāmus		olfaciātis		olfaciant
	imperfect	olfacerem		olfacerēs		olfaceret		olfacerēmus		olfacerētis		olfacerent
	perfect	olfēcerim		olfēcerīs		olfēcerit		olfēcerīmus		olfēcerītis		olfēcerint
	pluperfect	olfēcissem		olfēcissēs		olfēcisset		olfēcissēmus		olfēcissētis		olfēcissent
passive	present	olfīam		olfīās		olfīat		olfīāmus		olfīātis		olfīant
	imperfect	olfierem		olfierēs		olfieret		olfierēmus		olfierētis		olfierent
	perfect	olfactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	olfactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		olface		—		—		olfacite		—
	future	—		olfacitō		olfacitō		—		olfacitōte		olfaciuntō
passive	present	—		olfī		—		—		olfīte		—
	future	—		olfītō		olfītō		—		olfītōte		olfīuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		olfacere			olfierī			olfaciēns			—
future		olfactūrum esse			olfactum īrī			olfactūrus			olfaciendus, olfaciundus
perfect		olfēcisse			olfactum esse			—			olfactus
future perfect		—			olfactum fore			—			—
perfect potential		olfactūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		olfaciendī		olfaciendō		olfaciendum		olfaciendō		olfactum		olfactū

Derived terms

• olfactō
• olfactōria
• olfactōrium
• olfactrix
• olfactus
• subolfaciō

Related terms

• faciō
• oleō

Descendants

• Italian: olfare

References

• “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “olfacio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.