benedico

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.neˈdi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧dì‧co

Verb

benedico

1. first-person singular present indicative of benedire
2. first-person singular present indicative of benedicere

Latin

Etymology 1

From bene (“well”) +‎ dīcō (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.neˈdiː.koː/, [bɛnɛˈd̪iːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈdi.ko/, [beneˈd̪iːko]

Verb

benedīcō (present infinitive benedīcere, perfect active benedīxī, supine benedictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to speak well of someone, commend

   Antonyms: īnsultō, maledīcō, exsecror, obloquor, compellō, incessō, pulsō

2. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to bless, praise

   Benedicite, omnia opera Domini^Benedicite

   Bless, all the works of the Lord

Usage notes

This is used as a compound only outside of Classical Latin.

Conjugation

Conjugation of benedīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	benedīcō	benedīcis	benedīcit	benedīcimus	benedīcitis	benedīcunt
	imperfect	benedīcēbam	benedīcēbās	benedīcēbat	benedīcēbāmus	benedīcēbātis	benedīcēbant
	future	benedīcam	benedīcēs	benedīcet	benedīcēmus	benedīcētis	benedīcent
	perfect	benedīxī	benedīxistī	benedīxit	benedīximus	benedīxistis	benedīxērunt, benedīxēre
	pluperfect	benedīxeram	benedīxerās	benedīxerat	benedīxerāmus	benedīxerātis	benedīxerant
	future perfect	benedīxerō	benedīxeris	benedīxerit	benedīxerimus	benedīxeritis	benedīxerint
passive	present	benedīcor	benedīceris, benedīcere	benedīcitur	benedīcimur	benedīciminī	benedīcuntur
	imperfect	benedīcēbar	benedīcēbāris, benedīcēbāre	benedīcēbātur	benedīcēbāmur	benedīcēbāminī	benedīcēbantur
	future	benedīcar	benedīcēris, benedīcēre	benedīcētur	benedīcēmur	benedīcēminī	benedīcentur
	perfect	benedictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	benedictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	benedictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	benedīcam	benedīcās	benedīcat	benedīcāmus	benedīcātis	benedīcant
	imperfect	benedīcerem	benedīcerēs	benedīceret	benedīcerēmus	benedīcerētis	benedīcerent
	perfect	benedīxerim	benedīxerīs	benedīxerit	benedīxerīmus	benedīxerītis	benedīxerint
	pluperfect	benedīxissem	benedīxissēs	benedīxisset	benedīxissēmus	benedīxissētis	benedīxissent
passive	present	benedīcar	benedīcāris, benedīcāre	benedīcātur	benedīcāmur	benedīcāminī	benedīcantur
	imperfect	benedīcerer	benedīcerēris, benedīcerēre	benedīcerētur	benedīcerēmur	benedīcerēminī	benedīcerentur
	perfect	benedictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	benedictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	benedīc, benedīce1	—	—	benedīcite	—
	future	—	benedīcitō	benedīcitō	—	benedīcitōte	benedīcuntō
passive	present	—	benedīcere	—	—	benedīciminī	—
	future	—	benedīcitor	benedīcitor	—	—	benedīcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		benedīcere	benedīxisse	benedictūrum esse	benedīcī	benedictum esse	benedictum īrī
participles		benedīcēns	—	benedictūrus	—	benedictus	benedīcendus, benedīcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		benedīcendī	benedīcendō	benedīcendum	benedīcendō	benedictum	benedictū

¹Archaic.

Descendants

• Corsican: benedì
• Extremaduran: bendizir
• Franco-Provençal: benêtre, benir
• Italian: benedire
• Old French: beneistre, beneïstre, beneir, beneïr
  • French: bénir
  • Norman: béni (Jersey)
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese: bendicir
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: bendicir
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: beneir
  • Occitan: benesir
• Old Galician-Portuguese: bẽeizer, bẽezer
  • Galician: beicer
  • Portuguese: benzer
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: bendecir
    • → Galician: bendicir
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: benedî, binidî
  • Romansch: benedir, banadir, banadeir
• Sardinian: benedíxi, benedíxiri, beneíchere, beníchere
• Sicilian: binidìciri, binidiri
• Venetian: benedir
• → Albanian: bekoj
• → English: benedict
• → Middle High German: benedīen, benedīgende
  • German: benedeien
• → Old Irish: bennachaid, bendachaid
  • Middle Irish: bennaigid
    • Irish: beannaigh
    • Manx: bannee
• → Portuguese: bendizer
• → Welsh: bendithio, benditho, bendigo
• → Yiddish: בענטשן (bentshn)
  • → Dutch: bensjen
  • → English: bentsh

Etymology 2

Inflected form of benedicus.

Adjective

benedicō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of benedicus

References

• “benedico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• benedico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• benedico in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016