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 (“stigma, the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”),^[1] Welsh blif (“catapult”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfliː.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfliː.ɡo]

Verb

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

(transitive) to strike, strike down

Conjugation

Conjugation of flīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	flīge		—	—	flīgite		—
active	future	—	flīgitō		flīgitō	—	flīgitōte		flīguntō
passive	present	—	flīgere		—	—	flīgiminī		—
passive	future	—	flīgitor		flīgitor	—	—		flīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		flīgere		flīgī		flīgēns		—
future		flīctūrum esse		flīctum īrī		flīctūrus		flīgendus, flīgundus
perfect		flīxisse		flīctum esse		—		flīctus
future perfect		—		flīctum fore		—		—
perfect potential		flīctūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		flīgendī	flīgendō		flīgendum	flīgendō	flīctum		flīctū

Derived terms

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “flīgō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φλίβω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1579