diffamo

See also: diffamò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difˈfa.mo/
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: dif‧fà‧mo

Verb

diffamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of diffamare

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fāma (“report, opinion, reputation”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfaː.moː/, [d̪ɪfˈfäːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfa.mo/, [d̪ifˈfäːmo]

Verb

diffāmō (present infinitive diffāmāre, perfect active diffāmāvī, supine diffāmātum); first conjugation

1. to spread an unfavorable report
2. to defame, malign, decry
3. (Late Latin) to proclaim or declare widely

Conjugation

Conjugation of diffāmō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffāmō	diffāmās	diffāmat	diffāmāmus	diffāmātis	diffāmant
	imperfect	diffāmābam	diffāmābās	diffāmābat	diffāmābāmus	diffāmābātis	diffāmābant
	future	diffāmābō	diffāmābis	diffāmābit	diffāmābimus	diffāmābitis	diffāmābunt
	perfect	diffāmāvī	diffāmāvistī	diffāmāvit	diffāmāvimus	diffāmāvistis	diffāmāvērunt, diffāmāvēre
	pluperfect	diffāmāveram	diffāmāverās	diffāmāverat	diffāmāverāmus	diffāmāverātis	diffāmāverant
	future perfect	diffāmāverō	diffāmāveris	diffāmāverit	diffāmāverimus	diffāmāveritis	diffāmāverint
passive	present	diffāmor	diffāmāris, diffāmāre	diffāmātur	diffāmāmur	diffāmāminī	diffāmantur
	imperfect	diffāmābar	diffāmābāris, diffāmābāre	diffāmābātur	diffāmābāmur	diffāmābāminī	diffāmābantur
	future	diffāmābor	diffāmāberis, diffāmābere	diffāmābitur	diffāmābimur	diffāmābiminī	diffāmābuntur
	perfect	diffāmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	diffāmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	diffāmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffāmem	diffāmēs	diffāmet	diffāmēmus	diffāmētis	diffāment
	imperfect	diffāmārem	diffāmārēs	diffāmāret	diffāmārēmus	diffāmārētis	diffāmārent
	perfect	diffāmāverim	diffāmāverīs	diffāmāverit	diffāmāverīmus	diffāmāverītis	diffāmāverint
	pluperfect	diffāmāvissem	diffāmāvissēs	diffāmāvisset	diffāmāvissēmus	diffāmāvissētis	diffāmāvissent
passive	present	diffāmer	diffāmēris, diffāmēre	diffāmētur	diffāmēmur	diffāmēminī	diffāmentur
	imperfect	diffāmārer	diffāmārēris, diffāmārēre	diffāmārētur	diffāmārēmur	diffāmārēminī	diffāmārentur
	perfect	diffāmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	diffāmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	diffāmā	—	—	diffāmāte	—
	future	—	diffāmātō	diffāmātō	—	diffāmātōte	diffāmantō
passive	present	—	diffāmāre	—	—	diffāmāminī	—
	future	—	diffāmātor	diffāmātor	—	—	diffāmantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		diffāmāre	diffāmāvisse	diffāmātūrum esse	diffāmārī	diffāmātum esse	diffāmātum īrī
participles		diffāmāns	—	diffāmātūrus	—	diffāmātus	diffāmandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		diffāmandī	diffāmandō	diffāmandum	diffāmandō	diffāmātum	diffāmātū

Related terms

• diffāmātiō
• diffāmia
• fāma

Descendants

• English: defame
• French: diffamer
• Italian: diffamare
• Portuguese: difamar
• Romanian: defăima
• Spanish: difamar

References

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