Italian

Noun

officio m ‎(plural offici)

1. Archaic form of ufficio.

Verb

officio

1. first-person singular present indicative of officiare

Latin

Alternative forms

• obfaciō

Etymology

ob- ‎(“against”) +‎ faciō ‎(“make, act”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɔfˈfɪ.ki.oː]

Verb

officiō ‎(present infinitive officere, perfect active offēcī, supine offectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I obstruct, hinder, block.
2. (figuratively) I stand in the way of, oppose.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (thwart, hinder, obstruct): obstō

Noun

officiō

1. dative singular of officium
2. ablative singular of officium

Derived terms

• ex officio

References

• officio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• officio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
    
  • to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    
  • to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building: luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere
    
  • (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain faithful to one's duty: in officio manere (Att. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    
  • (ambiguous) without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere
    
• officio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

officio m (plural officios)

1. Obsolete spelling of ofício