Italian

Verb

amplifico

1. first-person singular present indicative of amplificare

Latin

Etymology

From amplus ‎(“abundant, ample”) +‎ -ficō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈpli.fi.koː/, [amˈplɪ.fɪ.koː]

Verb

amplificō ‎(present infinitive amplificāre, perfect active amplificāvī, supine amplificātum); first conjugation

1. I enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify; develop.
2. I praise loudly, exalt.

Inflection

Descendants

References

• amplifico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amplifico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amplifico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to increase a person's dignity: auctoritatem alicuius amplificare (opp. imminuere, minuere)
    
  • to lend lustre to a subject by one's description: dicendo augere, amplificare aliquid (opp. dicendo extenuare aliquid)
    
  • to aggrandise, extend the power of the state: rem publicam augere, amplificare
    

Spanish

Verb

amplifico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of amplificar.