[ˈfɪn.doː], [ˈfin.do]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti (“to be splitting”), from the root *bʰeyd-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “to break”), Old English bītan (English bite).
- active, conjugation-3to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
“vomere findere terras” — to cleave the earth by plow
- conjugation-3, poetic, rareto split, burst
- conjugation-3, figuratively, poetic, rareto divide
Formaefindō(canonical) · findere(infinitive, present) · fidī(active, perfect) · fissum(supine) · findō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · findis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · findit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · findimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · finditis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · findunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · findēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · findēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · findēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · findēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · findēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · findēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · findam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · findēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · findet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · findēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
Fons: Vicitionarium