calē̆faciō

calē̆faciō lat.

v. caleō +‎ faciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.leːˈfa.ki.oː/, [käɫ̪eːˈfäkioː] or IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfa.ki.oː/, [käɫ̪ɛˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [käleˈfäːt͡ʃio]
• Note: second vowel always short in Classical hexameters via iambic shortening.

Verb

calē̆faciō (present infinitive calē̆facere, perfect active calē̆fēcī, supine calē̆factum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. to warm or heat
2. to rouse or excite

Usage notes

Superseded in urban speech by the syncopated form calfaciō by the 1st century CE.