deficio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === difficiō (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From de- + facio. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfɪ.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === dēficiō (present infinitive dēficere, perfect active dēfēcī, supine dēfectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation (intransitive, ab + ablative or ad + accusative) to move away, leave, withdraw, break away Synonyms: dēcēdō, discēdō, facessō, cēdō, regredior, abscēdō, recēdō, vertō Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, incēdō, accēdō, adeō ab aliqua re deficere ― to break away from something (intransitive) to be exhausted, run out, fail, run out, be wanting, fail, cease, disappear, come to nothing, vanish Synonyms: cadō, dēsum, discēdō, dēlinquō (intransitive) to be discouraged, disappoint or let down (intransitive) to finish up, die Synonyms: pereō, morior, intereō, exspirō, defungor, decedō, occumbō, cadō (transitive) to forsake, desert or abandon Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, linquō, dēsinō, remittō (passive voice, reflexive) to be lacking in, to fall short, have shortcomings, fail Synonyms: cadō, dēsum, discēdō, dēlinquō ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). ==== Quotations ==== 526–527, Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae, De Dictione 845, the same as it appears in the St. Gall Priscian Glosses ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Galician: devecer → English: defect → Dutch: defecteren → German: defektieren → Portuguese: défice → Swedish: defektera === References === “deficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “deficio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. deficio, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011 deficio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication