defaeco

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin faex, faecis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin dēfaecō

From dē- + faex, faecis + -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfae̯.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈfɛː.ko]

Verb

dēfaecō (present infinitive dēfaecāre, perfect active dēfaecāvī, supine dēfaecātum); first conjugation

to cleanse from dregs
to cleanse, purify
to relieve
defaecato animo
with a relieved heart

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfaecō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēfaecō	dēfaecās		dēfaecat	dēfaecāmus	dēfaecātis		dēfaecant
	imperfect	dēfaecābam	dēfaecābās		dēfaecābat	dēfaecābāmus	dēfaecābātis		dēfaecābant
	future	dēfaecābō	dēfaecābis		dēfaecābit	dēfaecābimus	dēfaecābitis		dēfaecābunt
	perfect	dēfaecāvī	dēfaecāvistī		dēfaecāvit	dēfaecāvimus	dēfaecāvistis		dēfaecāvērunt, dēfaecāvēre
	pluperfect	dēfaecāveram	dēfaecāverās		dēfaecāverat	dēfaecāverāmus	dēfaecāverātis		dēfaecāverant
	future perfect	dēfaecāverō	dēfaecāveris		dēfaecāverit	dēfaecāverimus	dēfaecāveritis		dēfaecāverint
passive	present	dēfaecor	dēfaecāris, dēfaecāre		dēfaecātur	dēfaecāmur	dēfaecāminī		dēfaecantur
	imperfect	dēfaecābar	dēfaecābāris, dēfaecābāre		dēfaecābātur	dēfaecābāmur	dēfaecābāminī		dēfaecābantur
	future	dēfaecābor	dēfaecāberis, dēfaecābere		dēfaecābitur	dēfaecābimur	dēfaecābiminī		dēfaecābuntur
	perfect	dēfaecātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēfaecātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēfaecātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēfaecem	dēfaecēs		dēfaecet	dēfaecēmus	dēfaecētis		dēfaecent
	imperfect	dēfaecārem	dēfaecārēs		dēfaecāret	dēfaecārēmus	dēfaecārētis		dēfaecārent
	perfect	dēfaecāverim	dēfaecāverīs		dēfaecāverit	dēfaecāverīmus	dēfaecāverītis		dēfaecāverint
	pluperfect	dēfaecāvissem	dēfaecāvissēs		dēfaecāvisset	dēfaecāvissēmus	dēfaecāvissētis		dēfaecāvissent
passive	present	dēfaecer	dēfaecēris, dēfaecēre		dēfaecētur	dēfaecēmur	dēfaecēminī		dēfaecentur
	imperfect	dēfaecārer	dēfaecārēris, dēfaecārēre		dēfaecārētur	dēfaecārēmur	dēfaecārēminī		dēfaecārentur
	perfect	dēfaecātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēfaecātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēfaecā		—	—	dēfaecāte		—
active	future	—	dēfaecātō		dēfaecātō	—	dēfaecātōte		dēfaecantō
passive	present	—	dēfaecāre		—	—	dēfaecāminī		—
passive	future	—	dēfaecātor		dēfaecātor	—	—		dēfaecantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēfaecāre		dēfaecārī		dēfaecāns		—
future		dēfaecātūrum esse		dēfaecātum īrī		dēfaecātūrus		dēfaecandus
perfect		dēfaecāvisse		dēfaecātum esse		—		dēfaecātus
future perfect		—		dēfaecātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēfaecātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēfaecandī	dēfaecandō		dēfaecandum	dēfaecandō	dēfaecātum		dēfaecātū

Derived terms

dēfaecātiō

Descendants

→ Catalan: defecar
→ English: defecate
→ French: déféquer
→ Galician: defecar
→ German: defäkieren
→ Italian: defecare
→ Polish: defekować
→ Portuguese: defecar
→ Romanian: defeca
→ Spanish: defecar

References

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