Etymology
From fīnis (“boundary, limit”).
Verb
fīniō (present infinitive fīnīre, perfect active fīnīvī or fīniī, supine fīnītum); fourth conjugation
- to finish, terminate
- to set, appoint
- to limit, bound
- Synonyms: delīmitō, līmitō, moderor, inclūdō, claudō, minuō, coerceō
- (figuratively) to restrain
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of fīniō (fourth conjugation), indicative ...
Conjugation of fīniō (fourth conjugation) |
indicative |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
fīniō |
fīnīs |
fīnit |
fīnīmus |
fīnītis |
fīniunt |
imperfect |
fīniēbam |
fīniēbās |
fīniēbat |
fīniēbāmus |
fīniēbātis |
fīniēbant |
future |
fīniam |
fīniēs |
fīniet |
fīniēmus |
fīniētis |
fīnient |
perfect |
fīnīvī, fīniī |
fīnīvistī, fīniistī |
fīnīvit, fīniit |
fīnīvimus, fīniimus |
fīnīvistis, fīniistis |
fīnīvērunt, fīnīvēre, fīniērunt, fīniēre |
pluperfect |
fīnīveram, fīnieram |
fīnīverās, fīnierās |
fīnīverat, fīnierat |
fīnīverāmus, fīnierāmus |
fīnīverātis, fīnierātis |
fīnīverant, fīnierant |
future perfect |
fīnīverō, fīnierō |
fīnīveris, fīnieris |
fīnīverit, fīnierit |
fīnīverimus, fīnierimus |
fīnīveritis, fīnieritis |
fīnīverint, fīnierint |
passive |
present |
fīnior |
fīnīris, fīnīre |
fīnītur |
fīnīmur |
fīnīminī |
fīniuntur |
imperfect |
fīniēbar |
fīniēbāris, fīniēbāre |
fīniēbātur |
fīniēbāmur |
fīniēbāminī |
fīniēbantur |
future |
fīniar |
fīniēris, fīniēre |
fīniētur |
fīniēmur |
fīniēminī |
fīnientur |
perfect |
fīnītus + present active indicative of sum |
pluperfect |
fīnītus + imperfect active indicative of sum |
future perfect |
fīnītus + future active indicative of sum |
subjunctive |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
fīniam |
fīniās |
fīniat |
fīniāmus |
fīniātis |
fīniant |
imperfect |
fīnīrem |
fīnīrēs |
fīnīret |
fīnīrēmus |
fīnīrētis |
fīnīrent |
perfect |
fīnīverim, fīnierim |
fīnīverīs, fīnierīs |
fīnīverit, fīnierit |
fīnīverīmus, fīnierīmus |
fīnīverītis, fīnierītis |
fīnīverint, fīnierint |
pluperfect |
fīnīvissem, fīniissem |
fīnīvissēs, fīniissēs |
fīnīvisset, fīniisset |
fīnīvissēmus, fīniissēmus |
fīnīvissētis, fīniissētis |
fīnīvissent, fīniissent |
passive |
present |
fīniar |
fīniāris, fīniāre |
fīniātur |
fīniāmur |
fīniāminī |
fīniantur |
imperfect |
fīnīrer |
fīnīrēris, fīnīrēre |
fīnīrētur |
fīnīrēmur |
fīnīrēminī |
fīnīrentur |
perfect |
fīnītus + present active subjunctive of sum |
pluperfect |
fīnītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum |
imperative |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
— |
fīnī |
— |
— |
fīnīte |
— |
future |
— |
fīnītō |
fīnītō |
— |
fīnītōte |
fīniuntō |
passive |
present |
— |
fīnīre |
— |
— |
fīnīminī |
— |
future |
— |
fīnītor |
fīnītor |
— |
— |
fīniuntor |
non-finite forms |
active |
passive |
present |
perfect |
future |
present |
perfect |
future |
infinitives |
fīnīre |
fīnīvisse, fīniisse |
fīnītūrum esse |
fīnīrī |
fīnītum esse |
fīnītum īrī |
participles |
fīniēns |
— |
fīnītūrus |
— |
fīnītus |
fīniendus, fīniundus |
verbal nouns |
gerund |
supine |
genitive |
dative |
accusative |
ablative |
accusative |
ablative |
fīniendī |
fīniendō |
fīniendum |
fīniendō |
fīnītum |
fīnītū |
Close
Descendants
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: fĩir, ⇒ fiinçer, ⇒ fĩidar
- Old Spanish: fenir, ⇒ fenesçer
References
- “finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “finio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- finio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to starve oneself to death: inediā mori or vitam finire
- to put an end to war: belli finem facere, bellum finire