praeficio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		praeficere	praefēcisse	praefectūrum esse	praeficī	praefectum esse	praefectum īrī
participles		praeficiēns	—	praefectūrus	—	praefectus	praeficiendus, praeficiundus
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