confligo

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ flīgō (“strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈfliː.ɡoː/, [kõːˈflʲiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfli.ɡo/, [koɱˈfliːɡo]

Verb

cōnflīgō (present infinitive cōnflīgere, perfect active cōnflīxī, supine cōnflīctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to strike together, to make collide
2. (intransitive) contend, combat, engage [+ cum (ablative) = against someone or something]

   Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, committō, serō, dēcertō

3. (intransitive) argue or disagree [+ cum (ablative) = with someone or something]

   Synonyms: dissentio, dissideo, discordo

   Antonyms: consentio, concordo

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnflīgō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnflīgō	cōnflīgis	cōnflīgit	cōnflīgimus	cōnflīgitis	cōnflīgunt
	imperfect	cōnflīgēbam	cōnflīgēbās	cōnflīgēbat	cōnflīgēbāmus	cōnflīgēbātis	cōnflīgēbant
	future	cōnflīgam	cōnflīgēs	cōnflīget	cōnflīgēmus	cōnflīgētis	cōnflīgent
	perfect	cōnflīxī	cōnflīxistī	cōnflīxit	cōnflīximus	cōnflīxistis	cōnflīxērunt, cōnflīxēre
	pluperfect	cōnflīxeram	cōnflīxerās	cōnflīxerat	cōnflīxerāmus	cōnflīxerātis	cōnflīxerant
	future perfect	cōnflīxerō	cōnflīxeris	cōnflīxerit	cōnflīxerimus	cōnflīxeritis	cōnflīxerint
passive	present	cōnflīgor	cōnflīgeris, cōnflīgere	cōnflīgitur	cōnflīgimur	cōnflīgiminī	cōnflīguntur
	imperfect	cōnflīgēbar	cōnflīgēbāris, cōnflīgēbāre	cōnflīgēbātur	cōnflīgēbāmur	cōnflīgēbāminī	cōnflīgēbantur
	future	cōnflīgar	cōnflīgēris, cōnflīgēre	cōnflīgētur	cōnflīgēmur	cōnflīgēminī	cōnflīgentur
	perfect	cōnflīctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflīctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflīctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnflīgam	cōnflīgās	cōnflīgat	cōnflīgāmus	cōnflīgātis	cōnflīgant
	imperfect	cōnflīgerem	cōnflīgerēs	cōnflīgeret	cōnflīgerēmus	cōnflīgerētis	cōnflīgerent
	perfect	cōnflīxerim	cōnflīxerīs	cōnflīxerit	cōnflīxerīmus	cōnflīxerītis	cōnflīxerint
	pluperfect	cōnflīxissem	cōnflīxissēs	cōnflīxisset	cōnflīxissēmus	cōnflīxissētis	cōnflīxissent
passive	present	cōnflīgar	cōnflīgāris, cōnflīgāre	cōnflīgātur	cōnflīgāmur	cōnflīgāminī	cōnflīgantur
	imperfect	cōnflīgerer	cōnflīgerēris, cōnflīgerēre	cōnflīgerētur	cōnflīgerēmur	cōnflīgerēminī	cōnflīgerentur
	perfect	cōnflīctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflīctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnflīge	—	—	cōnflīgite	—
	future	—	cōnflīgitō	cōnflīgitō	—	cōnflīgitōte	cōnflīguntō
passive	present	—	cōnflīgere	—	—	cōnflīgiminī	—
	future	—	cōnflīgitor	cōnflīgitor	—	—	cōnflīguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnflīgere	cōnflīxisse	cōnflīctūrum esse	cōnflīgī	cōnflīctum esse	cōnflīctum īrī
participles		cōnflīgēns	—	cōnflīctūrus	—	cōnflīctus	cōnflīgendus, cōnflīgundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnflīgendī	cōnflīgendō	cōnflīgendum	cōnflīgendō	cōnflīctum	cōnflīctū

Descendants

• → English: conflict
• → French: conflit
• → Romanian: conflict
• → Spanish: conflicto
• → Swedish: konflikt

References

• “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)