suffio

suffio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • subfiō

Etymology

By surface analysis, sub- (under, within) +‎ *fiō. The latter component may derive from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (to smoke), whence also fūmus (smoke, steam) and fūlīgō (soot). It is perhaps possible that a yé-present of the shape *dʰuh₂-yé-ti would have yielded Proto-Italic *fūjō, whence *fījō due to the pius-Law. Alternatively, a development of *dʰuh₂-yé-ti to Proto-Italic *dʰwījō, whence *fiō has been suggested.

Pronunciation

Verb

suffiō (present infinitive suffīre, perfect active suffīvī or suffiī, supine suffītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to fumigate, perfume, scent

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • suffio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suffio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suffio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “suffiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597