scarifo

Latin

Alternative forms

• scarīficō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκαρῖφάομαι (skarîpháomai, “to scratch an outline (on the body)”), from σκᾰ́ρῑφος (skárīphos, “etching, writing”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (the source of Latin scribō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skaˈriː.foː/, [s̠käˈriːfoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skaˈri.fo/, [skäˈriːfo]

Verb

scarīfō (present infinitive scarīfāre, perfect active scarīfāvī, supine scarīfātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to scratch open, scarify

Conjugation

Conjugation of scarīfō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scarīfō	scarīfās	scarīfat	scarīfāmus	scarīfātis	scarīfant
	imperfect	scarīfābam	scarīfābās	scarīfābat	scarīfābāmus	scarīfābātis	scarīfābant
	future	scarīfābō	scarīfābis	scarīfābit	scarīfābimus	scarīfābitis	scarīfābunt
	perfect	scarīfāvī	scarīfāvistī	scarīfāvit	scarīfāvimus	scarīfāvistis	scarīfāvērunt, scarīfāvēre
	pluperfect	scarīfāveram	scarīfāverās	scarīfāverat	scarīfāverāmus	scarīfāverātis	scarīfāverant
	future perfect	scarīfāverō	scarīfāveris	scarīfāverit	scarīfāverimus	scarīfāveritis	scarīfāverint
passive	present	scarīfor	scarīfāris, scarīfāre	scarīfātur	scarīfāmur	scarīfāminī	scarīfantur
	imperfect	scarīfābar	scarīfābāris, scarīfābāre	scarīfābātur	scarīfābāmur	scarīfābāminī	scarīfābantur
	future	scarīfābor	scarīfāberis, scarīfābere	scarīfābitur	scarīfābimur	scarīfābiminī	scarīfābuntur
	perfect	scarīfātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scarīfātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scarīfātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scarīfem	scarīfēs	scarīfet	scarīfēmus	scarīfētis	scarīfent
	imperfect	scarīfārem	scarīfārēs	scarīfāret	scarīfārēmus	scarīfārētis	scarīfārent
	perfect	scarīfāverim	scarīfāverīs	scarīfāverit	scarīfāverīmus	scarīfāverītis	scarīfāverint
	pluperfect	scarīfāvissem	scarīfāvissēs	scarīfāvisset	scarīfāvissēmus	scarīfāvissētis	scarīfāvissent
passive	present	scarīfer	scarīfēris, scarīfēre	scarīfētur	scarīfēmur	scarīfēminī	scarīfentur
	imperfect	scarīfārer	scarīfārēris, scarīfārēre	scarīfārētur	scarīfārēmur	scarīfārēminī	scarīfārentur
	perfect	scarīfātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scarīfātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scarīfā	—	—	scarīfāte	—
	future	—	scarīfātō	scarīfātō	—	scarīfātōte	scarīfantō
passive	present	—	scarīfāre	—	—	scarīfāminī	—
	future	—	scarīfātor	scarīfātor	—	—	scarīfantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scarīfāre	scarīfāvisse	scarīfātūrum esse	scarīfārī	scarīfātum esse	scarīfātum īrī
participles		scarīfāns	—	scarīfātūrus	—	scarīfātus	scarīfandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scarīfandī	scarīfandō	scarīfandum	scarīfandō	scarīfātum	scarīfātū

Derived terms

• scarīfātiō, scarīficātiō

Descendants

• Spanish: escarbar

References

• “scarifo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scarifo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers