dedico

See also: dedicó, dedicò, and dediĉo

Asturian

Verb

dedico

first-person singular present indicative of dedicar

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [dəˈði.ku]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəˈði.ko]
IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [deˈði.ko]

Verb

dedico

first-person singular present indicative of dedicar

Galician

Verb

dedico

first-person singular present indicative of dedicar

Italian

Verb

dedico

first-person singular present indicative of dedicare

Anagrams

decido

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin dicō

Latin dēdicō

From dē- + dicō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.dɪ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.di.ko]

Verb

dēdicō (present infinitive dēdicāre, perfect active dēdicāvī, supine dēdicātum); first conjugation

to dedicate, consecrate
Synonyms: sacrō, addīcō, dicō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, voveō

Antonym: exaugurō
to proclaim
to commit to

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēdicō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēdicō	dēdicās		dēdicat	dēdicāmus	dēdicātis		dēdicant
	imperfect	dēdicābam	dēdicābās		dēdicābat	dēdicābāmus	dēdicābātis		dēdicābant
	future	dēdicābō	dēdicābis		dēdicābit	dēdicābimus	dēdicābitis		dēdicābunt
	perfect	dēdicāvī	dēdicāvistī, dēdicāstī¹		dēdicāvit, dēdicāt¹	dēdicāvimus, dēdicāmus¹	dēdicāvistis, dēdicāstis¹		dēdicāvērunt, dēdicārunt, dēdicāvēre¹
	pluperfect	dēdicāveram, dēdicāram¹	dēdicāverās, dēdicārās¹		dēdicāverat, dēdicārat¹	dēdicāverāmus, dēdicārāmus¹	dēdicāverātis, dēdicārātis¹		dēdicāverant, dēdicārant¹
	future perfect	dēdicāverō, dēdicārō¹	dēdicāveris, dēdicāris¹		dēdicāverit, dēdicārit¹	dēdicāverimus, dēdicārimus¹	dēdicāveritis, dēdicāritis¹		dēdicāverint, dēdicārint¹
passive	present	dēdicor	dēdicāris, dēdicāre		dēdicātur	dēdicāmur	dēdicāminī		dēdicantur
	imperfect	dēdicābar	dēdicābāris, dēdicābāre		dēdicābātur	dēdicābāmur	dēdicābāminī		dēdicābantur
	future	dēdicābor	dēdicāberis, dēdicābere		dēdicābitur	dēdicābimur	dēdicābiminī		dēdicābuntur
	perfect	dēdicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēdicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēdicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēdicem	dēdicēs		dēdicet	dēdicēmus	dēdicētis		dēdicent
	imperfect	dēdicārem	dēdicārēs		dēdicāret	dēdicārēmus	dēdicārētis		dēdicārent
	perfect	dēdicāverim, dēdicārim¹	dēdicāverīs, dēdicārīs¹		dēdicāverit, dēdicārit¹	dēdicāverīmus, dēdicārīmus¹	dēdicāverītis, dēdicārītis¹		dēdicāverint, dēdicārint¹
	pluperfect	dēdicāvissem, dēdicāssem¹	dēdicāvissēs, dēdicāssēs¹		dēdicāvisset, dēdicāsset¹	dēdicāvissēmus, dēdicāssēmus¹	dēdicāvissētis, dēdicāssētis¹		dēdicāvissent, dēdicāssent¹
passive	present	dēdicer	dēdicēris, dēdicēre		dēdicētur	dēdicēmur	dēdicēminī		dēdicentur
	imperfect	dēdicārer	dēdicārēris, dēdicārēre		dēdicārētur	dēdicārēmur	dēdicārēminī		dēdicārentur
	perfect	dēdicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēdicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēdicā		—	—	dēdicāte		—
active	future	—	dēdicātō		dēdicātō	—	dēdicātōte		dēdicantō
passive	present	—	dēdicāre		—	—	dēdicāminī		—
passive	future	—	dēdicātor		dēdicātor	—	—		dēdicantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēdicāre		dēdicārī		dēdicāns		—
future		dēdicātūrum esse		dēdicātum īrī		dēdicātūrus		dēdicandus
perfect		dēdicāvisse, dēdicāsse¹		dēdicātum esse		—		dēdicātus
future perfect		—		dēdicātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēdicātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēdicandī	dēdicandō		dēdicandum	dēdicandō	dēdicātum		dēdicātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: dedicar
Catalan: dedicar
English: dedicate
Galician: dedicar
Italian: dedicare
Portuguese: dedicar
Romanian: dedica
Sicilian: didicari
Spanish: dedicar

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

dedico

first-person singular present indicative of dedicar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈdiko/ [d̪eˈð̞i.ko]
Rhymes: -iko
Syllabification: de‧di‧co

Verb

dedico

first-person singular present indicative of dedicar