crucifigo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Italic *kruk(i)s

Latin crux

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin crucifīgō

From crux + fīgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [krʊ.kɪˈfiː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈfiː.ɡo]

Verb

crucifīgō (present infinitive crucifīgere, perfect active crucifīxī, supine crucifīxum); third conjugation

1. to crucify, fix on a cross

Conjugation

   Conjugation of crucifīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	crucifīgō		crucifīgis		crucifīgit		crucifīgimus		crucifīgitis		crucifīgunt
	imperfect	crucifīgēbam		crucifīgēbās		crucifīgēbat		crucifīgēbāmus		crucifīgēbātis		crucifīgēbant
	future	crucifīgam		crucifīgēs		crucifīget		crucifīgēmus		crucifīgētis		crucifīgent
	perfect	crucifīxī		crucifīxistī		crucifīxit		crucifīximus		crucifīxistis		crucifīxērunt, crucifīxēre
	pluperfect	crucifīxeram		crucifīxerās		crucifīxerat		crucifīxerāmus		crucifīxerātis		crucifīxerant
	future perfect	crucifīxerō		crucifīxeris		crucifīxerit		crucifīxerimus		crucifīxeritis		crucifīxerint
passive	present	crucifīgor		crucifīgeris, crucifīgere		crucifīgitur		crucifīgimur		crucifīgiminī		crucifīguntur
	imperfect	crucifīgēbar		crucifīgēbāris, crucifīgēbāre		crucifīgēbātur		crucifīgēbāmur		crucifīgēbāminī		crucifīgēbantur
	future	crucifīgar		crucifīgēris, crucifīgēre		crucifīgētur		crucifīgēmur		crucifīgēminī		crucifīgentur
	perfect	crucifīxus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	crucifīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	crucifīxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	crucifīgam		crucifīgās		crucifīgat		crucifīgāmus		crucifīgātis		crucifīgant
	imperfect	crucifīgerem		crucifīgerēs		crucifīgeret		crucifīgerēmus		crucifīgerētis		crucifīgerent
	perfect	crucifīxerim		crucifīxerīs		crucifīxerit		crucifīxerīmus		crucifīxerītis		crucifīxerint
	pluperfect	crucifīxissem		crucifīxissēs		crucifīxisset		crucifīxissēmus		crucifīxissētis		crucifīxissent
passive	present	crucifīgar		crucifīgāris, crucifīgāre		crucifīgātur		crucifīgāmur		crucifīgāminī		crucifīgantur
	imperfect	crucifīgerer		crucifīgerēris, crucifīgerēre		crucifīgerētur		crucifīgerēmur		crucifīgerēminī		crucifīgerentur
	perfect	crucifīxus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	crucifīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		crucifīge		—		—		crucifīgite		—
	future	—		crucifīgitō		crucifīgitō		—		crucifīgitōte		crucifīguntō
passive	present	—		crucifīgere		—		—		crucifīgiminī		—
	future	—		crucifīgitor		crucifīgitor		—		—		crucifīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		crucifīgere			crucifīgī			crucifīgēns			—
future		crucifīxūrum esse			crucifīxum īrī			crucifīxūrus			crucifīgendus, crucifīgundus
perfect		crucifīxisse			crucifīxum esse			—			crucifīxus
future perfect		—			crucifīxum fore			—			—
perfect potential		crucifīxūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		crucifīgendī		crucifīgendō		crucifīgendum		crucifīgendō		crucifīxum		crucifīxū

Descendants

• Italian: crocifiggere
• Late Latin: crucificō (altered by association with the suffix -ficō)
  • → Catalan: crucificar (learned)
  • Old French: crucefier
    • → Middle English: crucifien, crucefye, crucyfyen
      • English: crucify
      • Scots: crucifee
    • French: crucifier
      • Romanian: crucifica
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: crucifigar
    • Galician: crucificar
    • Portuguese: crucificar
  • → Spanish: crucificar (learned)

References

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