diffamo

See also: diffamò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difˈfa.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: dif‧fà‧mo

Verb

diffamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of diffamare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂meh₂

Proto-Italic *fāmā

Latin fāma

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin diffāmō

From dis- + fāma (“report, opinion, reputation”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪfˈfaː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [difˈfaː.mo]

Verb

diffāmō (present infinitive diffāmāre, perfect active diffāmāvī, supine diffāmātum); first conjugation

1. to spread an unfavorable report
2. to defame, malign, decry
3. (Late Latin) to proclaim or declare widely

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diffāmō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffāmō		diffāmās		diffāmat		diffāmāmus		diffāmātis		diffāmant
	imperfect	diffāmābam		diffāmābās		diffāmābat		diffāmābāmus		diffāmābātis		diffāmābant
	future	diffāmābō		diffāmābis		diffāmābit		diffāmābimus		diffāmābitis		diffāmābunt
	perfect	diffāmāvī		diffāmāvistī		diffāmāvit		diffāmāvimus		diffāmāvistis		diffāmāvērunt, diffāmāvēre
	pluperfect	diffāmāveram		diffāmāverās		diffāmāverat		diffāmāverāmus		diffāmāverātis		diffāmāverant
	future perfect	diffāmāverō		diffāmāveris		diffāmāverit		diffāmāverimus		diffāmāveritis		diffāmāverint
passive	present	diffāmor		diffāmāris, diffāmāre		diffāmātur		diffāmāmur		diffāmāminī		diffāmantur
	imperfect	diffāmābar		diffāmābāris, diffāmābāre		diffāmābātur		diffāmābāmur		diffāmābāminī		diffāmābantur
	future	diffāmābor		diffāmāberis, diffāmābere		diffāmābitur		diffāmābimur		diffāmābiminī		diffāmābuntur
	perfect	diffāmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	diffāmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	diffāmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffāmem		diffāmēs		diffāmet		diffāmēmus		diffāmētis		diffāment
	imperfect	diffāmārem		diffāmārēs		diffāmāret		diffāmārēmus		diffāmārētis		diffāmārent
	perfect	diffāmāverim		diffāmāverīs		diffāmāverit		diffāmāverīmus		diffāmāverītis		diffāmāverint
	pluperfect	diffāmāvissem		diffāmāvissēs		diffāmāvisset		diffāmāvissēmus		diffāmāvissētis		diffāmāvissent
passive	present	diffāmer		diffāmēris, diffāmēre		diffāmētur		diffāmēmur		diffāmēminī		diffāmentur
	imperfect	diffāmārer		diffāmārēris, diffāmārēre		diffāmārētur		diffāmārēmur		diffāmārēminī		diffāmārentur
	perfect	diffāmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	diffāmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		diffāmā		—		—		diffāmāte		—
	future	—		diffāmātō		diffāmātō		—		diffāmātōte		diffāmantō
passive	present	—		diffāmāre		—		—		diffāmāminī		—
	future	—		diffāmātor		diffāmātor		—		—		diffāmantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		diffāmāre			diffāmārī			diffāmāns			—
future		diffāmātūrum esse			diffāmātum īrī			diffāmātūrus			diffāmandus
perfect		diffāmāvisse			diffāmātum esse			—			diffāmātus
future perfect		—			diffāmātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		diffāmātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		diffāmandī		diffāmandō		diffāmandum		diffāmandō		diffāmātum		diffāmātū

Related terms

• diffāmātiō
• diffāmia
• fāma

Descendants

• English: defame, defamate
• French: diffamer
• Italian: diffamare
• Portuguese: difamar
• Romanian: defăima
• Spanish: difamar

References

• “diffamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diffamo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “diffamo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.