praeficio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *praifakjō. Equivalent to prae- (“before”) +‎ faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈfi.ki.oː/, [präe̯ˈfɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [preˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

praeficiō (present infinitive praeficere, perfect active praefēcī, supine praefectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to place in command, put in charge

   Synonym: praepōnō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of praeficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeficiō		praeficis		praeficit		praeficimus		praeficitis		praeficiunt
	imperfect	praeficiēbam		praeficiēbās		praeficiēbat		praeficiēbāmus		praeficiēbātis		praeficiēbant
	future	praeficiam		praeficiēs		praeficiet		praeficiēmus		praeficiētis		praeficient
	perfect	praefēcī		praefēcistī		praefēcit		praefēcimus		praefēcistis		praefēcērunt, praefēcēre
	pluperfect	praefēceram		praefēcerās		praefēcerat		praefēcerāmus		praefēcerātis		praefēcerant
	future perfect	praefēcerō		praefēceris		praefēcerit		praefēcerimus		praefēceritis		praefēcerint
passive	present	praeficior		praeficeris, praeficere		praeficitur		praeficimur		praeficiminī		praeficiuntur
	imperfect	praeficiēbar		praeficiēbāris, praeficiēbāre		praeficiēbātur		praeficiēbāmur		praeficiēbāminī		praeficiēbantur
	future	praeficiar		praeficiēris, praeficiēre		praeficiētur		praeficiēmur		praeficiēminī		praeficientur
	perfect	praefectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	praefectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	praefectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	praeficiam		praeficiās		praeficiat		praeficiāmus		praeficiātis		praeficiant
	imperfect	praeficerem		praeficerēs		praeficeret		praeficerēmus		praeficerētis		praeficerent
	perfect	praefēcerim		praefēcerīs		praefēcerit		praefēcerīmus		praefēcerītis		praefēcerint
	pluperfect	praefēcissem		praefēcissēs		praefēcisset		praefēcissēmus		praefēcissētis		praefēcissent
passive	present	praeficiar		praeficiāris, praeficiāre		praeficiātur		praeficiāmur		praeficiāminī		praeficiantur
	imperfect	praeficerer		praeficerēris, praeficerēre		praeficerētur		praeficerēmur		praeficerēminī		praeficerentur
	perfect	praefectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	praefectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		praefice		—		—		praeficite		—
	future	—		praeficitō		praeficitō		—		praeficitōte		praeficiuntō
passive	present	—		praeficere		—		—		praeficiminī		—
	future	—		praeficitor		praeficitor		—		—		praeficiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		praeficere			praeficī			praeficiēns			—
future		praefectūrum esse			praefectum īrī			praefectūrus			praeficiendus, praeficiundus
perfect		praefēcisse			praefectum esse			—			praefectus
future perfect		—			praefectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		praefectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		praeficiendī		praeficiendō		praeficiendum		praeficiendō		praefectum		praefectū

Derived terms

• praefectus

References

• “praeficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to appoint some one to an office: muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponere
    
  • to place some one at the head of an army, give him the command: praeficere aliquem exercitui
    
  • to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo