confringo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ frangō (“I break”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfrin.ɡoː/, [kõːˈfrɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfrin.ɡo/, [koɱˈfriŋɡo]

Verb

cōnfringō (present infinitive cōnfringere, perfect active cōnfrēgī, supine cōnfrāctum); third conjugation

1. to break into pieces
2. to destroy

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnfringō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfringō	cōnfringis	cōnfringit	cōnfringimus	cōnfringitis	cōnfringunt
	imperfect	cōnfringēbam	cōnfringēbās	cōnfringēbat	cōnfringēbāmus	cōnfringēbātis	cōnfringēbant
	future	cōnfringam	cōnfringēs	cōnfringet	cōnfringēmus	cōnfringētis	cōnfringent
	perfect	cōnfrēgī	cōnfrēgistī	cōnfrēgit	cōnfrēgimus	cōnfrēgistis	cōnfrēgērunt, cōnfrēgēre
	pluperfect	cōnfrēgeram	cōnfrēgerās	cōnfrēgerat	cōnfrēgerāmus	cōnfrēgerātis	cōnfrēgerant
	future perfect	cōnfrēgerō	cōnfrēgeris	cōnfrēgerit	cōnfrēgerimus	cōnfrēgeritis	cōnfrēgerint
passive	present	cōnfringor	cōnfringeris, cōnfringere	cōnfringitur	cōnfringimur	cōnfringiminī	cōnfringuntur
	imperfect	cōnfringēbar	cōnfringēbāris, cōnfringēbāre	cōnfringēbātur	cōnfringēbāmur	cōnfringēbāminī	cōnfringēbantur
	future	cōnfringar	cōnfringēris, cōnfringēre	cōnfringētur	cōnfringēmur	cōnfringēminī	cōnfringentur
	perfect	cōnfrāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfrāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfrāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnfringam	cōnfringās	cōnfringat	cōnfringāmus	cōnfringātis	cōnfringant
	imperfect	cōnfringerem	cōnfringerēs	cōnfringeret	cōnfringerēmus	cōnfringerētis	cōnfringerent
	perfect	cōnfrēgerim	cōnfrēgerīs	cōnfrēgerit	cōnfrēgerīmus	cōnfrēgerītis	cōnfrēgerint
	pluperfect	cōnfrēgissem	cōnfrēgissēs	cōnfrēgisset	cōnfrēgissēmus	cōnfrēgissētis	cōnfrēgissent
passive	present	cōnfringar	cōnfringāris, cōnfringāre	cōnfringātur	cōnfringāmur	cōnfringāminī	cōnfringantur
	imperfect	cōnfringerer	cōnfringerēris, cōnfringerēre	cōnfringerētur	cōnfringerēmur	cōnfringerēminī	cōnfringerentur
	perfect	cōnfrāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfrāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnfringe	—	—	cōnfringite	—
	future	—	cōnfringitō	cōnfringitō	—	cōnfringitōte	cōnfringuntō
passive	present	—	cōnfringere	—	—	cōnfringiminī	—
	future	—	cōnfringitor	cōnfringitor	—	—	cōnfringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnfringere	cōnfrēgisse	cōnfrāctūrum esse	cōnfringī	cōnfrāctum esse	cōnfrāctum īrī
participles		cōnfringēns	—	cōnfrāctūrus	—	cōnfrāctus	cōnfringendus, cōnfringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnfringendī	cōnfringendō	cōnfringendum	cōnfringendō	cōnfrāctum	cōnfrāctū

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *cōnfrangere
  • Portuguese: confranger
  • >? Romanian: cufrânge

References

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