gratificor

Latin

Etymology

From grātus (“pleasing, agreeable, grateful”) +‎ -ficō (“make”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraːˈti.fi.kor/, [ɡräːˈt̪ɪfɪkɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈti.fi.kor/, [ɡräˈt̪iːfikor]

Verb

grātificor (present infinitive grātificārī, perfect active grātificātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

to oblige, gratify

Conjugation

Conjugation of grātificor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	grātificor	grātificāris, grātificāre	grātificātur	grātificāmur	grātificāminī	grātificantur
	imperfect	grātificābar	grātificābāris, grātificābāre	grātificābātur	grātificābāmur	grātificābāminī	grātificābantur
	future	grātificābor	grātificāberis, grātificābere	grātificābitur	grātificābimur	grātificābiminī	grātificābuntur
	perfect	grātificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	grātificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	grātificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	grātificer	grātificēris, grātificēre	grātificētur	grātificēmur	grātificēminī	grātificentur
	imperfect	grātificārer	grātificārēris, grātificārēre	grātificārētur	grātificārēmur	grātificārēminī	grātificārentur
	perfect	grātificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	grātificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	grātificāre	—	—	grātificāminī	—
active	future	—	grātificātor	grātificātor	—	—	grātificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		grātificārī	grātificātum esse	grātificātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		grātificāns	grātificātus	grātificātūrus	—	—	grātificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		grātificandī	grātificandō	grātificandum	grātificandō	grātificātum	grātificātū

Derived terms

grātificātiō

Descendants

→ German: gratifizieren
→ English: gratify
→ Spanish: gratificar
→ French: gratifier
→ Piedmontese: gratifiché
→ Portuguese: gratificar
→ Romanian: gratifica
→ Spanish: gratificar

References

“gratificor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“gratificor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
gratificor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.