alligo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adligō

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ ligō (“tie, bind up or together; bandage”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.li.ɡoː/, [ˈälːʲɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.li.ɡo/, [ˈälːiɡo]

Verb

alligō (present infinitive alligāre, perfect active alligāvī, supine alligātum); first conjugation

1. I bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage.
2. I hold fast, hinder, detain.
3. (in a moral sense) I oblige, lay under obligation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of alligō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	alligō	alligās	alligat	alligāmus	alligātis	alligant
	imperfect	alligābam	alligābās	alligābat	alligābāmus	alligābātis	alligābant
	future	alligābō	alligābis	alligābit	alligābimus	alligābitis	alligābunt
	perfect	alligāvī	alligāvistī	alligāvit	alligāvimus	alligāvistis	alligāvērunt, alligāvēre
	pluperfect	alligāveram	alligāverās	alligāverat	alligāverāmus	alligāverātis	alligāverant
	future perfect	alligāverō	alligāveris	alligāverit	alligāverimus	alligāveritis	alligāverint
passive	present	alligor	alligāris, alligāre	alligātur	alligāmur	alligāminī	alligantur
	imperfect	alligābar	alligābāris, alligābāre	alligābātur	alligābāmur	alligābāminī	alligābantur
	future	alligābor	alligāberis, alligābere	alligābitur	alligābimur	alligābiminī	alligābuntur
	perfect	alligātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	alligātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	alligātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	alligem	alligēs	alliget	alligēmus	alligētis	alligent
	imperfect	alligārem	alligārēs	alligāret	alligārēmus	alligārētis	alligārent
	perfect	alligāverim	alligāverīs	alligāverit	alligāverīmus	alligāverītis	alligāverint
	pluperfect	alligāvissem	alligāvissēs	alligāvisset	alligāvissēmus	alligāvissētis	alligāvissent
passive	present	alliger	alligēris, alligēre	alligētur	alligēmur	alligēminī	alligentur
	imperfect	alligārer	alligārēris, alligārēre	alligārētur	alligārēmur	alligārēminī	alligārentur
	perfect	alligātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	alligātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	alligā	—	—	alligāte	—
	future	—	alligātō	alligātō	—	alligātōte	alligantō
passive	present	—	alligāre	—	—	alligāminī	—
	future	—	alligātor	alligātor	—	—	alligantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		alligāre	alligāvisse	alligātūrum esse	alligārī	alligātum esse	alligātum īrī
participles		alligāns	—	alligātūrus	—	alligātus	alligandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		alligandī	alligandō	alligandum	alligandō	alligātum	alligātū

Derived terms

• adalligō
• alligāmentum
• alligātiō

• alligātor
• alligātūra

Related terms

• circumligō
• colligō
• dēligō
• ligō

• obligō
• praeligō
• religō
• subligō

Descendants

• Italian: allegare
• Old French: aloiier
  • French: aloyer
  • → English: alloy
• → Old French: alier (semi-learned), aliier
  • French: allier
    • → Italian: alleare
  • → Portuguese: aliar (possibly)
  • → Spanish: aliar (possibly)
  • → Middle English: allien, alien
    • English: ally
• Romanian: alega
• → Spanish: aligar (semi-learned)
• → English: alligate

References

• “alligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.