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vindico

See also: vindicó

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vindico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vindicar

Latin

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Etymology

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From vindex (“defender, protector”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

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vindicō (present infinitive vindicāre, perfect active vindicāvī, supine vindicātum); first conjugation

  1. to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
    Synonyms: arrogo, asserō, appropriō
  2. to set free, liberate, emancipate
    Synonym: līberō
  3. to protect someone from (+ ab or ex aliquō)
    Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, prōtegō, tegō, dēfendō, tueor, servō, prohibeō
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.4:
      Nec dii nec homines [...] ipsam [...] a crudelitate regia vindicant
      Nor gods nor men protect him from the royal cruelty
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.227–228:
      “Nōn illum nōbīs genetrīx pulcherrima tālem
      prōmīsit, Grāiumque ideō bis vindicat armīs; [...].”
      “Not such [a man] as this did his most beautiful mother promise to us, nor for this [purpose] is she protecting him — twice from Greek attacks; [...].”
      (Jupiter speaks about Venus’s mortal son, Aeneas, whom the goddess saved first from Diomedes in Iliad 5.311-318, and later during the fall of Troy in Aeneid 2.589-633. Note that although “promisit” is past tense, “vindicat” is literally present tense: Aeneas remains under Venus’s protection.)
  4. to avenge, vindicate, punish a deed
    Synonym: pūniō
  5. to take action against (+ in aliquem)
    Synonyms: consulō, animadvertō
  6. to revenge oneself on one (+ ab or dē aliquō)
    Synonym: ulcīscor

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of vindicō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vindicō vindicās vindicat vindicāmus vindicātis vindicant
imperfect vindicābam vindicābās vindicābat vindicābāmus vindicābātis vindicābant
future vindicābō vindicābis vindicābit vindicābimus vindicābitis vindicābunt
perfect vindicāvī vindicāvistī vindicāvit vindicāvimus vindicāvistis vindicāvērunt,
vindicāvēre
pluperfect vindicāveram vindicāverās vindicāverat vindicāverāmus vindicāverātis vindicāverant
future perfect vindicāverō vindicāveris vindicāverit vindicāverimus vindicāveritis vindicāverint
passive present vindicor vindicāris,
vindicāre 		vindicātur vindicāmur vindicāminī vindicantur
imperfect vindicābar vindicābāris,
vindicābāre 		vindicābātur vindicābāmur vindicābāminī vindicābantur
future vindicābor vindicāberis,
vindicābere 		vindicābitur vindicābimur vindicābiminī vindicābuntur
perfect vindicātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vindicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vindicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vindicem vindicēs vindicet vindicēmus vindicētis vindicent
imperfect vindicārem vindicārēs vindicāret vindicārēmus vindicārētis vindicārent
perfect vindicāverim vindicāverīs vindicāverit vindicāverīmus vindicāverītis vindicāverint
pluperfect vindicāvissem vindicāvissēs vindicāvisset vindicāvissēmus vindicāvissētis vindicāvissent
passive present vindicer vindicēris,
vindicēre 		vindicētur vindicēmur vindicēminī vindicentur
imperfect vindicārer vindicārēris,
vindicārēre 		vindicārētur vindicārēmur vindicārēminī vindicārentur
perfect vindicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vindicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vindicā — — vindicāte —
future — vindicātō vindicātō — vindicātōte vindicantō
passive present — vindicāre — — vindicāminī —
future — vindicātor vindicātor — — vindicantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vindicāre vindicāvisse vindicātūrum esse vindicārī vindicātum esse vindicātum īrī
participles vindicāns — vindicātūrus — vindicātus vindicandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vindicandī vindicandō vindicandum vindicandō vindicātum vindicātū

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References

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  • “vindico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vindico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vindico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to rescue from destruction: ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare
    • to rescue from oblivion: aliquid ab oblivione vindicare
    • to deliver the state from a tyranny: rem publicam in libertatem vindicare a or ex dominatione
  • Dizionario Latino-Italiano, Olivetti

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Verb

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vindico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vindicar
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