aedifico

Latin

Alternative forms

• aedifaciō

Etymology

From aedēs (“building”) +‎ -ficō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈdi.fi.koː/, [äe̯ˈd̪ɪfɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdi.fi.ko/, [eˈd̪iːfiko]

Verb

aedificō (present infinitive aedificāre, perfect active aedificāvī, supine aedificātum); first conjugation

1. to build, erect, establish

   Synonyms: exaedificō, inaedificō, struō, cōnstruō, condō, compōnō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior

2. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) (figuratively) to "build" a life, to live in a morally good or prudent manner
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.14.1:

     Sapiēns mulier aedificāvit domum suam: īnsipiēns īnstrūctam quoque dēstruet manibus.

     A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

3. to create, frame

   Synonym: creō

Conjugation

Conjugation of aedificō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aedificō	aedificās	aedificat	aedificāmus	aedificātis	aedificant
	imperfect	aedificābam	aedificābās	aedificābat	aedificābāmus	aedificābātis	aedificābant
	future	aedificābō	aedificābis	aedificābit	aedificābimus	aedificābitis	aedificābunt
	perfect	aedificāvī	aedificāvistī, aedificāstī1	aedificāvit, aedificāt1	aedificāvimus, aedificāmus1	aedificāvistis, aedificāstis1	aedificāvērunt, aedificāvēre, aedificārunt1
	pluperfect	aedificāveram, aedificāram1	aedificāverās, aedificārās1	aedificāverat, aedificārat1	aedificāverāmus, aedificārāmus1	aedificāverātis, aedificārātis1	aedificāverant, aedificārant1
	future perfect	aedificāverō, aedificārō1	aedificāveris, aedificāris1	aedificāverit, aedificārit1	aedificāverimus, aedificārimus1	aedificāveritis, aedificāritis1	aedificāverint, aedificārint1
passive	present	aedificor	aedificāris, aedificāre	aedificātur	aedificāmur	aedificāminī	aedificantur
	imperfect	aedificābar	aedificābāris, aedificābāre	aedificābātur	aedificābāmur	aedificābāminī	aedificābantur
	future	aedificābor	aedificāberis, aedificābere	aedificābitur	aedificābimur	aedificābiminī	aedificābuntur
	perfect	aedificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aedificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aedificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aedificem	aedificēs	aedificet	aedificēmus	aedificētis	aedificent
	imperfect	aedificārem	aedificārēs	aedificāret	aedificārēmus	aedificārētis	aedificārent
	perfect	aedificāverim, aedificārim1	aedificāverīs, aedificārīs1	aedificāverit, aedificārit1	aedificāverīmus, aedificārīmus1	aedificāverītis, aedificārītis1	aedificāverint, aedificārint1
	pluperfect	aedificāvissem, aedificāssem1	aedificāvissēs, aedificāssēs1	aedificāvisset, aedificāsset1	aedificāvissēmus, aedificāssēmus1	aedificāvissētis, aedificāssētis1	aedificāvissent, aedificāssent1
passive	present	aedificer	aedificēris, aedificēre	aedificētur	aedificēmur	aedificēminī	aedificentur
	imperfect	aedificārer	aedificārēris, aedificārēre	aedificārētur	aedificārēmur	aedificārēminī	aedificārentur
	perfect	aedificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aedificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	aedificā	—	—	aedificāte	—
	future	—	aedificātō	aedificātō	—	aedificātōte	aedificantō
passive	present	—	aedificāre	—	—	aedificāminī	—
	future	—	aedificātor	aedificātor	—	—	aedificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aedificāre	aedificāvisse, aedificāsse1	aedificātūrum esse	aedificārī	aedificātum esse	aedificātum īrī
participles		aedificāns	—	aedificātūrus	—	aedificātus	aedificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		aedificandī	aedificandō	aedificandum	aedificandō	aedificātum	aedificātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• aedificium
• aedificātiō
• aedificātor
• aedificātōrius
• circumaedificō
• coaedificō
• exaedificō
• inaedificō
• superaedificō

 

Related terms

• aedicula
• aedificālis
• aedificātiuncula
• aeditua
• aedituus
• aedituālis
• aedēs
• aedīlis
• aedīlitās
• aedīlātus
• aedīlīcius

 

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old French:

    Zarphatic: eigier

  • Portuguese: eiviguar
• Semi-learned borrowings:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: eificare
  • Old Leonese: edivigare
• Learned borrowings:
  • → Catalan: edificar
  • → Old French: edefier, edifier
    • Middle French: edifier
      • French: édifier
    • → Middle English: edifien
      • English: edify
    • → Old Occitan: edifiar
      • Occitan: edifiar
  • → Italian: edificare
  • → Old Occitan: edificar
    • Occitan: edificar
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: edificar
    • Portuguese: edificar
  • → Old Spanish: edificar
    • Spanish: edificar
  • → Romanian: edifica

References

• “aedifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aedifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aedifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • God made the world: deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit (not creavit)
    
  • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
    
  • (ambiguous) God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum