modificabamus

Modificabamus is a Latin verb form meaning "we were modifying" or "we used to modify." It is the imperfect active indicative, first person plural, of the regular first-conjugation verb modificare, meaning to modify or to alter. The imperfect is formed from the present stem modific- with the active endings -abamus, yielding modificabamus. The full imperfect active paradigm of modificare (for reference) is: modificabam, modificabas, modificabat, modificabamus, modificabatis, modificabant.

Etymology and meaning: modificare comes from the combination of the root modifying element related to modus (measure, manner) with the suffix -ficare (to make), giving the sense of making something in a particular way or manner, i.e., to modify.

Usage: In classical Latin, the imperfect tense expresses an action in the past that was ongoing or habitual. Modificabamus would typically describe ongoing modification in the past or a repeated past action. Example: Nos consilia modificabamus, translating to "We were modifying the plans" or "We used to modify the plans." The form demonstrates regular -are conjugation patterns and is common in literary and scholastic Latin.

See also: modificatio (modification), modificare (to modify).