# officio
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ofˈfi.t͡ʃo/
* Rhymes: -itʃo
* Hyphenation: of‧fì‧cio

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

officio m (plural offici)
* (dated) Alternative form of ufficio

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

officio
* first-person singular present indicative of officiare

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* obfaciō

### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opifakjō. Equivalent to ob- (“against”) +‎ faciō (“make, act”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ofˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɔfˈfɪkioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ofˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [ofˈfiːt͡ʃio]

### Verb

officiō (present infinitive officere, perfect active offēcī, supine offectum); third conjugation iō-variant
* to obstruct, hinder, block
    Synonyms: supprimō, intersaepiō, moror, prohibeō, impediō, refrēnō, obstruō, dētineō, retineō, arceō, cohibeō, inclūdō, perimō, obstō, tardō, premō, reprimō, saepiō, comprimō, sustentō
    Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exonerō, absolvō, excipiō, ēmittō
* (figuratively) to stand in the way of, oppose
    Synonyms: adversor, obstō, resistō, vetō, dīvertō, restō, recūsō, subsistō, repugnō, refrāgor, oppōnō, obversor
* to be detrimental or hurtful to (+ dative)
    Antonyms: iuvō, adiuvō, foveō, assistō, prōficiō, prōsum, adiūtō

#### Conjugation
### Noun

officiō n
* dative/ablative singular of officium

#### Derived terms

* ex officio

### References

* “officio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “officio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari) to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building: luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere (ambiguous) to perform the last rites for a person: supremo officio in aliquem fungi (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47) (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officio suo fungi (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officio suo deesse (Fam. 7. 3) (ambiguous) to remain faithful to one's duty: in officio manere (Att. 1. 3) (ambiguous) to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari (ambiguous) without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4) (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4) (ambiguous) to keep some one in subjection: aliquem in officio continere (ambiguous) to remain in subjection: in officio manere, permanere
* officio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Noun

officio m (plural officios)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ofício.
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 30:Determinou ter uma occupação, um officio, exercer um trabalho qualquer […]He set his sights on finding an occupation, a craft, performing any job at all […]