findo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti (“to be splitting”), from the root *bʰeyd-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “to break”), Old English bītan (English bite).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfin.doː/, [ˈfɪn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfin.do/, [ˈfin̪d̪o]

Verb

findō (present infinitive findere, perfect active fidī, supine fissum); third conjugation

1. (literal, active voice) to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part

   Synonyms: dīscindō, scindō, carpō, discerpō, discīdō, distineō, distinguō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō, dīvertō

   Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō

   vomere findere terras ― to cleave the earth by plow

2. (poetic, rare) to split, burst
3. (figurative, poetic, rare) to divide

   Synonyms: sēgregō, sēparō, sēcernō, dirimō, exclūdō, dīvidō, intersaepiō, dīvertō, discrībō

Conjugation

Conjugation of findō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	findō	findis	findit	findimus	finditis	findunt
	imperfect	findēbam	findēbās	findēbat	findēbāmus	findēbātis	findēbant
	future	findam	findēs	findet	findēmus	findētis	findent
	perfect	fidī	fidistī	fidit	fidimus	fidistis	fidērunt, fidēre
	pluperfect	fideram	fiderās	fiderat	fiderāmus	fiderātis	fiderant
	future perfect	fiderō	fideris	fiderit	fiderimus	fideritis	fiderint
passive	present	findor	finderis, findere	finditur	findimur	findiminī	finduntur
	imperfect	findēbar	findēbāris, findēbāre	findēbātur	findēbāmur	findēbāminī	findēbantur
	future	findar	findēris, findēre	findētur	findēmur	findēminī	findentur
	perfect	fissus present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fissus imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fissus future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	findam	findās	findat	findāmus	findātis	findant
	imperfect	finderem	finderēs	finderet	finderēmus	finderētis	finderent
	perfect	fiderim	fiderīs	fiderit	fiderīmus	fiderītis	fiderint
	pluperfect	fidissem	fidissēs	fidisset	fidissēmus	fidissētis	fidissent
passive	present	findar	findāris, findāre	findātur	findāmur	findāminī	findantur
	imperfect	finderer	finderēris, finderēre	finderētur	finderēmur	finderēminī	finderentur
	perfect	fissus present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fissus imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	finde	—	—	findite	—
	future	—	finditō	finditō	—	finditōte	finduntō
passive	present	—	findere	—	—	findiminī	—
	future	—	finditor	finditor	—	—	finduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		findere	fidisse	fissūrum esse	findī	fissum esse	fissum īrī
participles		findēns	—	fissūrus	—	fissus	findendus, findundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		findendī	findendō	findendum	findendō	fissum	fissū

Derived terms

• bifidus
• centifidus
• cōnfindō
• diffindō
• effindō
• fendicae
• fissilis
• fissiō
• fissipēs
• fissūra
• fistula
• īnfindō
• multifidus
• quadrifidus
• quinquifidus
• trifidus

 

Related terms

• fissiculō
• fissum
• fissurārius
• fistella
• fistulāris
• fistulārius
• fistulātim
• fistulātor
• fistulātōrius
• fistulātus
• fistulescō
• fistulō
• fistulōsus

 

Descendants

• Asturian: fender
• Catalan: fendre
• French: fendre
• Galician: fender
• Italian: fendere
• Occitan: fénder, fendre
• Portuguese: fender
• Sicilian: fènniri
• Spanish: hender
• Venetan: sfénder

References

• “findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• findo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• findo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.du/

• Rhymes: -ĩdu
• Hyphenation: fin‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *fĩido, from Latin fīnītus. Doublet of finito.

Participle

findo (short participle, feminine finda, masculine plural findos, feminine plural findas)

1. past participle of findar

Adjective

findo (feminine finda, masculine plural findos, feminine plural findas)

1. finished

Etymology 2

Verb

findo

1. first-person singular present indicative of findar

Swahili

Noun

findo (ma class, plural mafindo)

1. tonsil

Derived terms

• mafindofindo (“tonsillitis”)