infligo
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom in- (“in, at, on, upon”) + fligo (“to strike, to strike down”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈfliː.ɡoː/, [ĩːˈflʲiːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfli.ɡo/, [iɱˈfliːɡo]
Verb
editīnflīgō (present infinitive īnflīgere, perfect active īnflīxī, supine īnflīctum); third conjugation
Conjugation
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editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “infligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
- to wound a person (also used metaphorically): vulnus infligere alicui
- to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere
- to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere