laetifico

Latin

Etymology

From laetus +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈti.fi.koː/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪ɪfɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈti.fi.ko/, [leˈt̪iːfiko]

Verb

laetificō (present infinitive laetificāre, perfect active laetificāvī, supine laetificātum); first conjugation

1. to delight, cheer, gladden
2. (biblical, Ecclesiastical Latin) to give joy
   • 4th century, St. Jerome, Vulgate, Psalm 42:4; Catholic Prayers at the Foot of the Altar of the Tridentine Mass per the Ordinary of the 1962 Roman Missal (Latin with English translation)

     Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.

     And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. (Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner rev.) Link to Psalm 42 in parallel Latin Vulgate & English Douay-Rheims

3. to make fruitful; to fertilize, enrich

Conjugation

   Conjugation of laetificō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	laetificō	laetificās	laetificat	laetificāmus	laetificātis	laetificant
	imperfect	laetificābam	laetificābās	laetificābat	laetificābāmus	laetificābātis	laetificābant
	future	laetificābō	laetificābis	laetificābit	laetificābimus	laetificābitis	laetificābunt
	perfect	laetificāvī	laetificāvistī	laetificāvit	laetificāvimus	laetificāvistis	laetificāvērunt, laetificāvēre
	pluperfect	laetificāveram	laetificāverās	laetificāverat	laetificāverāmus	laetificāverātis	laetificāverant
	future perfect	laetificāverō	laetificāveris	laetificāverit	laetificāverimus	laetificāveritis	laetificāverint
passive	present	laetificor	laetificāris, laetificāre	laetificātur	laetificāmur	laetificāminī	laetificantur
	imperfect	laetificābar	laetificābāris, laetificābāre	laetificābātur	laetificābāmur	laetificābāminī	laetificābantur
	future	laetificābor	laetificāberis, laetificābere	laetificābitur	laetificābimur	laetificābiminī	laetificābuntur
	perfect	laetificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	laetificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	laetificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	laetificem	laetificēs	laetificet	laetificēmus	laetificētis	laetificent
imperfect	laetificārem	laetificārēs	laetificāret	laetificārēmus	laetificārētis	laetificārent
perfect	laetificāverim	laetificāverīs	laetificāverit	laetificāverīmus	laetificāverītis	laetificāverint
pluperfect	laetificāvissem	laetificāvissēs	laetificāvisset	laetificāvissēmus	laetificāvissētis	laetificāvissent
passive	present	laetificer	laetificēris, laetificēre	laetificētur	laetificēmur	laetificēminī	laetificentur
imperfect	laetificārer	laetificārēris, laetificārēre	laetificārētur	laetificārēmur	laetificārēminī	laetificārentur
perfect	laetificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	laetificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	laetificā	—	—	laetificāte	—
	future	—	laetificātō	laetificātō	—	laetificātōte	laetificantō
passive	present	—	laetificāre	—	—	laetificāminī	—
	future	—	laetificātor	laetificātor	—	—	laetificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		laetificāre	laetificāvisse	laetificātūrum esse	laetificārī	laetificātum esse	laetificātum īrī
participles		laetificāns	—	laetificātūrus	—	laetificātus	laetificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		laetificandī	laetificandō	laetificandum	laetificandō	laetificātum	laetificātū

Descendants

• English: laetificate

References

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