defaeco

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

substratebor.?

Latin faex, faecis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

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

1. to cleanse from dregs
2. to cleanse, purify
3. to relieve

   defaecato animo

   with a relieved heart

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēfaecō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		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
		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
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēfaecā		—		—		dēfaecāte		—
	future	—		dēfaecātō		dēfaecātō		—		dēfaecātōte		dēfaecantō
passive	present	—		dēfaecāre		—		—		dēfaecāminī		—
	future	—		dēfaecātor		dēfaecātor		—		—		dēfaecantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		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

See also

• cuniō
• cacō (vulgar)

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.