GRICE E CAPIZZI: IN ESSE/IN FIERI: Being and Becoming

 Verb Edit fīō (present infinitive fierī, perfect active factus sum); third conjugation, semi-deponent  (passive form of) faciō (copulative) I become, am made Vōs ōrāmus ut discipulī ācerrimī fīātis ― We are begging you so that you may becomevery keen students I happen, take place, result, arisequotations ▲synonyms ▲ Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, expetō, obtingō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, contingō ut fit ― as happens usually/as is customary fit ut ― it happens that Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 13: silentium et repentina  fit quies A stillness and a sudden hush took place I appear quotations ▲ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 10: fit obvius cum exercitu Romulus Romulus appeared with his army Conjugation Edit While it does have a fourth conjugation pattern when conjugated, this verb has an irregular infinitive (fierī), and is therefore third conjugation.  less ▲   Conjugation of fīō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular long ī, suppletive in the supine stem, semi-deponent) indicative singular plural first second third first second third active present fīō fīs fit fīmus fītis fīunt imperfect fīēbam fīēbās fīēbat fīēbāmus fīēbātis fīēbant future fīam fīēs fīet fīēmus fīētis fīent perfect factus + present active indicative of sum pluperfect factus + imperfect active indicative of sum future perfect factus + future active indicative of sum subjunctive singular plural first second third first second third active present fīam fīās fīat fīāmus fīātis fīant imperfect fierem fierēs fieret fierēmus fierētis fierent perfect factus + present active subjunctive of sum pluperfect factus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum imperative singular plural first second third first second third active present — fī — — fīte — future — fītō fītō — fītōte fīuntō non-finite forms active passive present perfect future present perfect future infinitives fierī factumesse factum īrī — — — participles — factus — — — — verbal nouns gerund supine genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative fiendī fiendō fiendum fiendō factum factū Usage notes Edit This verb ousted Facior, Facī in the sense of "to be made".  Verb Edit fīō  first-person singular present passive indicative of faciō Related terms Edit faciō fīat lūx fīat jūstitia ruat cælum Descendants Edit Vulgar Latin: *fiō (see there for further descendants) → English: fiat References Edit fio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press fio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers fio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette