valedico

Latin

Etymology

From valē (“farewell”) +‎ dīcō (“I say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯a.leˈdiː.koː/, [u̯äɫ̪ɛˈd̪iːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.leˈdi.ko/, [väleˈd̪iːko]

Verb

valedīcō (present infinitive valedīcere, perfect active valedīxī, supine valedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to bid farewell
2. to give a valediction

Conjugation

Conjugation of valedīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	valedīcō	valedīcis	valedīcit	valedīcimus	valedīcitis	valedīcunt
	imperfect	valedīcēbam	valedīcēbās	valedīcēbat	valedīcēbāmus	valedīcēbātis	valedīcēbant
	future	valedīcam	valedīcēs	valedīcet	valedīcēmus	valedīcētis	valedīcent
	perfect	valedīxī	valedīxistī	valedīxit	valedīximus	valedīxistis	valedīxērunt, valedīxēre
	pluperfect	valedīxeram	valedīxerās	valedīxerat	valedīxerāmus	valedīxerātis	valedīxerant
	future perfect	valedīxerō	valedīxeris	valedīxerit	valedīxerimus	valedīxeritis	valedīxerint
passive	present	valedīcor	valedīceris, valedīcere	valedīcitur	valedīcimur	valedīciminī	valedīcuntur
	imperfect	valedīcēbar	valedīcēbāris, valedīcēbāre	valedīcēbātur	valedīcēbāmur	valedīcēbāminī	valedīcēbantur
	future	valedīcar	valedīcēris, valedīcēre	valedīcētur	valedīcēmur	valedīcēminī	valedīcentur
	perfect	valedictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	valedictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	valedictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	valedīcam	valedīcās	valedīcat	valedīcāmus	valedīcātis	valedīcant
	imperfect	valedīcerem	valedīcerēs	valedīceret	valedīcerēmus	valedīcerētis	valedīcerent
	perfect	valedīxerim	valedīxerīs	valedīxerit	valedīxerīmus	valedīxerītis	valedīxerint
	pluperfect	valedīxissem	valedīxissēs	valedīxisset	valedīxissēmus	valedīxissētis	valedīxissent
passive	present	valedīcar	valedīcāris, valedīcāre	valedīcātur	valedīcāmur	valedīcāminī	valedīcantur
	imperfect	valedīcerer	valedīcerēris, valedīcerēre	valedīcerētur	valedīcerēmur	valedīcerēminī	valedīcerentur
	perfect	valedictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	valedictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	valedīc, valedīce1	—	—	valedīcite	—
	future	—	valedīcitō	valedīcitō	—	valedīcitōte	valedīcuntō
passive	present	—	valedīcere	—	—	valedīciminī	—
	future	—	valedīcitor	valedīcitor	—	—	valedīcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		valedīcere	valedīxisse	valedictūrum esse	valedīcī	valedictum esse	valedictum īrī
participles		valedīcēns	—	valedictūrus	—	valedictus	valedīcendus, valedīcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		valedīcendī	valedīcendō	valedīcendum	valedīcendō	valedictum	valedictū

¹Archaic.

Descendants

• English: valediction, valedictorian
• Italian: valedicere, valedire

References

• “valedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.