diffringo

Latin

Alternative forms

• dīfringō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Latin frangō

Latin diffringō

From dis- + frangō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪfˈfrɪŋ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [difˈfriŋ.ɡo]

Verb

diffringō (present infinitive diffringere, perfect active diffrēgī, supine diffrāctum); third conjugation

1. to shatter (break into pieces)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diffringō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffringō		diffringis		diffringit		diffringimus		diffringitis		diffringunt
	imperfect	diffringēbam		diffringēbās		diffringēbat		diffringēbāmus		diffringēbātis		diffringēbant
	future	diffringam		diffringēs		diffringet		diffringēmus		diffringētis		diffringent
	perfect	diffrēgī		diffrēgistī		diffrēgit		diffrēgimus		diffrēgistis		diffrēgērunt, diffrēgēre
	pluperfect	diffrēgeram		diffrēgerās		diffrēgerat		diffrēgerāmus		diffrēgerātis		diffrēgerant
	future perfect	diffrēgerō		diffrēgeris		diffrēgerit		diffrēgerimus		diffrēgeritis		diffrēgerint
passive	present	diffringor		diffringeris, diffringere		diffringitur		diffringimur		diffringiminī		diffringuntur
	imperfect	diffringēbar		diffringēbāris, diffringēbāre		diffringēbātur		diffringēbāmur		diffringēbāminī		diffringēbantur
	future	diffringar		diffringēris, diffringēre		diffringētur		diffringēmur		diffringēminī		diffringentur
	perfect	diffrāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	diffrāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	diffrāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffringam		diffringās		diffringat		diffringāmus		diffringātis		diffringant
	imperfect	diffringerem		diffringerēs		diffringeret		diffringerēmus		diffringerētis		diffringerent
	perfect	diffrēgerim		diffrēgerīs		diffrēgerit		diffrēgerīmus		diffrēgerītis		diffrēgerint
	pluperfect	diffrēgissem		diffrēgissēs		diffrēgisset		diffrēgissēmus		diffrēgissētis		diffrēgissent
passive	present	diffringar		diffringāris, diffringāre		diffringātur		diffringāmur		diffringāminī		diffringantur
	imperfect	diffringerer		diffringerēris, diffringerēre		diffringerētur		diffringerēmur		diffringerēminī		diffringerentur
	perfect	diffrāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	diffrāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		diffringe		—		—		diffringite		—
	future	—		diffringitō		diffringitō		—		diffringitōte		diffringuntō
passive	present	—		diffringere		—		—		diffringiminī		—
	future	—		diffringitor		diffringitor		—		—		diffringuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		diffringere			diffringī			diffringēns			—
future		diffrāctūrum esse			diffrāctum īrī			diffrāctūrus			diffringendus, diffringundus
perfect		diffrēgisse			diffrāctum esse			—			diffrāctus
future perfect		—			diffrāctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		diffrāctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		diffringendī		diffringendō		diffringendum		diffringendō		diffrāctum		diffrāctū

Descendants

• English: diffract

References

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