fligo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to strike”), cognate to Ancient Greek φλίβω (phlíbō), θλίβω (thlíbō, “to rub, crush”), Lithuanian bláižyti (“to tear off, to scar”), Latvian bliêzt (“to beat”), Russian близ (bliz, “near”), Czech blizna (“scar”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfliː.ɡoː/, [ˈflʲiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfli.ɡo/, [ˈfliːɡo]

Verb

flīgō (present infinitive flīgere, perfect active flīxī, supine flīctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to strike, strike down

Conjugation

Conjugation of flīgō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flīgō	flīgis	flīgit	flīgimus	flīgitis	flīgunt
	imperfect	flīgēbam	flīgēbās	flīgēbat	flīgēbāmus	flīgēbātis	flīgēbant
	future	flīgam	flīgēs	flīget	flīgēmus	flīgētis	flīgent
	perfect	flīxī	flīxistī	flīxit	flīximus	flīxistis	flīxērunt, flīxēre
	pluperfect	flīxeram	flīxerās	flīxerat	flīxerāmus	flīxerātis	flīxerant
	future perfect	flīxerō	flīxeris	flīxerit	flīxerimus	flīxeritis	flīxerint
passive	present	flīgor	flīgeris, flīgere	flīgitur	flīgimur	flīgiminī	flīguntur
	imperfect	flīgēbar	flīgēbāris, flīgēbāre	flīgēbātur	flīgēbāmur	flīgēbāminī	flīgēbantur
	future	flīgar	flīgēris, flīgēre	flīgētur	flīgēmur	flīgēminī	flīgentur
	perfect	flīctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	flīctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	flīctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	flīgam	flīgās	flīgat	flīgāmus	flīgātis	flīgant
	imperfect	flīgerem	flīgerēs	flīgeret	flīgerēmus	flīgerētis	flīgerent
	perfect	flīxerim	flīxerīs	flīxerit	flīxerīmus	flīxerītis	flīxerint
	pluperfect	flīxissem	flīxissēs	flīxisset	flīxissēmus	flīxissētis	flīxissent
passive	present	flīgar	flīgāris, flīgāre	flīgātur	flīgāmur	flīgāminī	flīgantur
	imperfect	flīgerer	flīgerēris, flīgerēre	flīgerētur	flīgerēmur	flīgerēminī	flīgerentur
	perfect	flīctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	flīctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	flīge	—	—	flīgite	—
	future	—	flīgitō	flīgitō	—	flīgitōte	flīguntō
passive	present	—	flīgere	—	—	flīgiminī	—
	future	—	flīgitor	flīgitor	—	—	flīguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		flīgere	flīxisse	flīctūrum esse	flīgī	flīctum esse	flīctum īrī
participles		flīgēns	—	flīctūrus	—	flīctus	flīgendus, flīgundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		flīgendī	flīgendō	flīgendum	flīgendō	flīctum	flīctū

Derived terms

• afflīgō
• cōnflīgō
• efflīgō
• flīctus
• īnflīgō
• prōflīgō

References

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