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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnfringere			cōnfringī			cōnfringēns			—
future		cōnfrāctūrum esse			cōnfrāctum īrī			cōnfrāctūrus			cōnfringendus, cōnfringundus
perfect		cōnfrēgisse			cōnfrāctum esse			—			cōnfrāctus
future perfect		—			cōnfrāctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnfrāctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.