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): [ˈfɪn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfin̪.d̪o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		findere			findī			findēns			—
future		fissūrum esse			fissum īrī			fissūrus			findendus, findundus
perfect		fidisse			fissum esse			—			fissus
future perfect		—			fissum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fissūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• īnfindō
• multifidus
• quadrifidus
• quinquifidus
• trifidus

Related terms

• fissiculō
• fissum
• fissurārius

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 (2003-2025), 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 class V (plural mafindo class VI)

1. tonsil

Derived terms

• mafindofindo (“tonsillitis”)