confligo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From con- (“together”) + flīgō (“strike”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfliː.ɡoː/, [kõːˈflʲiːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfli.ɡo/, [koɱˈfliːɡo]
Verb edit
cōnflīgō (present infinitive cōnflīgere, perfect active cōnflīxī, supine cōnflīctum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to strike together, to make collide
- (intransitive) to contend, combat, engage [+ cum (ablative) = against someone or something]
- (intransitive) to argue or disagree [+ cum (ablative) = with someone or something]
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References edit
- “confligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fight a pitched, orderly battle with an enemy: iusto (opp. tumultuario) proelio confligere cum hoste (Liv. 35. 4)
- to fight a pitched, orderly battle with an enemy: iusto (opp. tumultuario) proelio confligere cum hoste (Liv. 35. 4)