gratificor

Latin

Etymology

From grātus (“pleasing, agreeable, grateful”) +‎ -ficō (“make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraːˈti.fi.kor/, [ɡräːˈt̪ɪfɪkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈti.fi.kor/, [ɡräˈt̪iːfikor]

Verb

grātificor (present infinitive grātificārī, perfect active grātificātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to oblige, gratify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of grātificor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	grātificor		grātificāris, grātificāre		grātificātur		grātificāmur		grātificāminī		grātificantur
	imperfect	grātificābar		grātificābāris, grātificābāre		grātificābātur		grātificābāmur		grātificābāminī		grātificābantur
	future	grātificābor		grātificāberis, grātificābere		grātificābitur		grātificābimur		grātificābiminī		grātificābuntur
	perfect	grātificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	grātificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	grātificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	grātificer		grātificēris, grātificēre		grātificētur		grātificēmur		grātificēminī		grātificentur
	imperfect	grātificārer		grātificārēris, grātificārēre		grātificārētur		grātificārēmur		grātificārēminī		grātificārentur
	perfect	grātificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	grātificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		grātificāre		—		—		grātificāminī		—
	future	—		grātificātor		grātificātor		—		—		grātificantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		grātificārī			—			grātificāns			—
future		grātificātūrum esse			—			grātificātūrus			grātificandus
perfect		grātificātum esse			—			grātificātus			—
future perfect		grātificātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		grātificātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		grātificandī		grātificandō		grātificandum		grātificandō		grātificātum		grātificātū

Derived terms

• grātificātiō

Descendants

• → German: gratifizieren
• → English: gratify
• → Spanish: gratificar
• → French: gratifier
• → Piedmontese: gratifiché
• → Portuguese: gratificar
• → Romanian: gratifica
• → Spanish: gratificar

References

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