Latin

Verb

dēfīniō ‎(present infinitive dēfīnīre, perfect active dēfīnīvī, supine dēfīnītum); fourth conjugation

1. I bound, set bounds to; I limit.
2. I define, explain, designate by limiting.
3. I terminate, finish.

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Descendants

• English: define
• Dutch: definiëren
• Portuguese: definir

References

• definio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• definio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “definio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur
    
  • to define a thing: rem (res) definire
    
  • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem