impedio

Alternative forms

inpediō

Etymology

From in- (“into, in”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō; literally, to "shackle the feet".

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpe.di.oː/, [ɪmˈpɛd̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpe.di.o/, [imˈpɛːd̪io]

Verb

impediō (present infinitive impedīre, perfect active impedīvī or impediī, supine impedītum); fourth conjugation

to hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper, thwart
Synonyms: obstō, moror, arceō, supprimō, cūnctor, prohibeō, tardō, contineō, retineō, obstruō, cohibeō, dētineō, refrēnō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, sustentō, perimō, obstō, officiō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō

Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, vindicō, servō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
to embarrass

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impediō	impedīs	impedit	impedīmus	impedītis	impediunt
	imperfect	impediēbam	impediēbās	impediēbat	impediēbāmus	impediēbātis	impediēbant
	future	impediam	impediēs	impediet	impediēmus	impediētis	impedient
	perfect	impedīvī, impediī	impedīvistī, impediistī	impedīvit, impediit	impedīvimus, impediimus	impedīvistis, impediistis	impedīvērunt, impedīvēre, impediērunt, impediēre
	pluperfect	impedīveram, impedieram	impedīverās, impedierās	impedīverat, impedierat	impedīverāmus, impedierāmus	impedīverātis, impedierātis	impedīverant, impedierant
	future perfect	impedīverō, impedierō	impedīveris, impedieris	impedīverit, impedierit	impedīverimus, impedierimus	impedīveritis, impedieritis	impedīverint, impedierint
passive	present	impedior	impedīris, impedīre	impedītur	impedīmur	impedīminī	impediuntur
	imperfect	impediēbar	impediēbāris, impediēbāre	impediēbātur	impediēbāmur	impediēbāminī	impediēbantur
	future	impediar	impediēris, impediēre	impediētur	impediēmur	impediēminī	impedientur
	perfect	impedītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impedītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impedītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impediam	impediās	impediat	impediāmus	impediātis	impediant
	imperfect	impedīrem	impedīrēs	impedīret	impedīrēmus	impedīrētis	impedīrent
	perfect	impedīverim, impedierim	impedīverīs, impedierīs	impedīverit, impedierit	impedīverīmus, impedierīmus	impedīverītis, impedierītis	impedīverint, impedierint
	pluperfect	impedīvissem, impediissem	impedīvissēs, impediissēs	impedīvisset, impediisset	impedīvissēmus, impediissēmus	impedīvissētis, impediissētis	impedīvissent, impediissent
passive	present	impediar	impediāris, impediāre	impediātur	impediāmur	impediāminī	impediantur
	imperfect	impedīrer	impedīrēris, impedīrēre	impedīrētur	impedīrēmur	impedīrēminī	impedīrentur
	perfect	impedītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	impedītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impedī	—	—	impedīte	—
active	future	—	impedītō	impedītō	—	impedītōte	impediuntō
passive	present	—	impedīre	—	—	impedīminī	—
passive	future	—	impedītor	impedītor	—	—	impediuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impedīre	impedīvisse, impediisse	impedītūrum esse	impedīrī	impedītum esse	impedītum īrī
participles		impediēns	—	impedītūrus	—	impedītus	impediendus, impediundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impediendī	impediendō	impediendum	impediendō	impedītum	impedītū

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Conjugation of impediō (fourth conjugation)

Derived terms

impedītiō

Descendants

Italian: impedire
Sicilian: mpidiri
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *impedīscō, *impedīscere
- Old Galician-Portuguese: enpeeçer
  - Galician: empecer
  - Portuguese: empecer
- Spanish: empecer
→ Catalan: impedir
→ English: impede
→ Galician: impedir
→ Piedmontese: impedì
→ Portuguese: impedir
→ Spanish: impedir

References

“impedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“impedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
impedio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an impassable road: iter impeditum
impedio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN