perfingo

Latin

Etymology

per- (“very much”, “thoroughly”, “perfectly”) +‎ fingō (“I form mentally or in speech”, “I represent in thought”; “I alter or change [something] for the purpose of dissembling”)

Pronunciation

Verb

perfingō (present infinitive perfingere, perfect active perfīnxī, supine perfictum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to form, represent
  2. (transitive) to counterfeit perfectly

Conjugation
   Conjugation of perfingō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perfingō perfingis perfingit perfingimus perfingitis perfingunt
imperfect perfingēbam perfingēbās perfingēbat perfingēbāmus perfingēbātis perfingēbant
future perfingam perfingēs perfinget perfingēmus perfingētis perfingent
perfect perfīnxī perfīnxistī perfīnxit perfīnximus perfīnxistis perfīnxērunt,
perfīnxēre
pluperfect perfīnxeram perfīnxerās perfīnxerat perfīnxerāmus perfīnxerātis perfīnxerant
future perfect perfīnxerō perfīnxeris perfīnxerit perfīnxerimus perfīnxeritis perfīnxerint
passive present perfingor perfingeris,
perfingere		 perfingitur perfingimur perfingiminī perfinguntur
imperfect perfingēbar perfingēbāris,
perfingēbāre		 perfingēbātur perfingēbāmur perfingēbāminī perfingēbantur
future perfingar perfingēris,
perfingēre		 perfingētur perfingēmur perfingēminī perfingentur
perfect perfictus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect perfictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect perfictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perfingam perfingās perfingat perfingāmus perfingātis perfingant
imperfect perfingerem perfingerēs perfingeret perfingerēmus perfingerētis perfingerent
perfect perfīnxerim perfīnxerīs perfīnxerit perfīnxerīmus perfīnxerītis perfīnxerint
pluperfect perfīnxissem perfīnxissēs perfīnxisset perfīnxissēmus perfīnxissētis perfīnxissent
passive present perfingar perfingāris,
perfingāre		 perfingātur perfingāmur perfingāminī perfingantur
imperfect perfingerer perfingerēris,
perfingerēre		 perfingerētur perfingerēmur perfingerēminī perfingerentur
perfect perfictus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect perfictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — perfinge — — perfingite —
future — perfingitō perfingitō — perfingitōte perfinguntō
passive present — perfingere — — perfingiminī —
future — perfingitor perfingitor — — perfinguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives perfingere perfīnxisse perfictūrum esse perfingī perfictum esse perfictum īrī
participles perfingēns — perfictūrus — perfictus perfingendus,
perfingundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
perfingendī perfingendō perfingendum perfingendō perfictum perfictū

References
  • “perfingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perfingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,147/1.
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