infligo

infligo

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, at, on, upon”) + fligere (“to strike, to strike down”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈfliː.ɡoː/, [ĩːˈflʲiːɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfli.ɡo/, [iɱˈfliːɡo]

Verb

īnflīgō (present infinitive īnflīgere, perfect active īnflīxī, supine īnflīctum); third conjugation

1. I knock or strike against
2. I inflict or impose

   Synonym: impōnō

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnflīgō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnflīgō	īnflīgis	īnflīgit	īnflīgimus	īnflīgitis	īnflīgunt
	imperfect	īnflīgēbam	īnflīgēbās	īnflīgēbat	īnflīgēbāmus	īnflīgēbātis	īnflīgēbant
	future	īnflīgam	īnflīgēs	īnflīget	īnflīgēmus	īnflīgētis	īnflīgent
	perfect	īnflīxī	īnflīxistī	īnflīxit	īnflīximus	īnflīxistis	īnflīxērunt, īnflīxēre
	pluperfect	īnflīxeram	īnflīxerās	īnflīxerat	īnflīxerāmus	īnflīxerātis	īnflīxerant
	future perfect	īnflīxerō	īnflīxeris	īnflīxerit	īnflīxerimus	īnflīxeritis	īnflīxerint
passive	present	īnflīgor	īnflīgeris, īnflīgere	īnflīgitur	īnflīgimur	īnflīgiminī	īnflīguntur
	imperfect	īnflīgēbar	īnflīgēbāris, īnflīgēbāre	īnflīgēbātur	īnflīgēbāmur	īnflīgēbāminī	īnflīgēbantur
	future	īnflīgar	īnflīgēris, īnflīgēre	īnflīgētur	īnflīgēmur	īnflīgēminī	īnflīgentur
	perfect	īnflīctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnflīctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnflīctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnflīgam	īnflīgās	īnflīgat	īnflīgāmus	īnflīgātis	īnflīgant
	imperfect	īnflīgerem	īnflīgerēs	īnflīgeret	īnflīgerēmus	īnflīgerētis	īnflīgerent
	perfect	īnflīxerim	īnflīxerīs	īnflīxerit	īnflīxerīmus	īnflīxerītis	īnflīxerint
	pluperfect	īnflīxissem	īnflīxissēs	īnflīxisset	īnflīxissēmus	īnflīxissētis	īnflīxissent
passive	present	īnflīgar	īnflīgāris, īnflīgāre	īnflīgātur	īnflīgāmur	īnflīgāminī	īnflīgantur
	imperfect	īnflīgerer	īnflīgerēris, īnflīgerēre	īnflīgerētur	īnflīgerēmur	īnflīgerēminī	īnflīgerentur
	perfect	īnflīctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnflīctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnflīge	—	—	īnflīgite	—
	future	—	īnflīgitō	īnflīgitō	—	īnflīgitōte	īnflīguntō
passive	present	—	īnflīgere	—	—	īnflīgiminī	—
	future	—	īnflīgitor	īnflīgitor	—	—	īnflīguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnflīgere	īnflīxisse	īnflīctūrum esse	īnflīgī	īnflīctum esse	īnflīctum īrī
participles		īnflīgēns	—	īnflīctūrus	—	īnflīctus	īnflīgendus, īnflīgundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnflīgendī	īnflīgendō	īnflīgendum	īnflīgendō	īnflīctum	īnflīctū

Derived terms

• īnflīctiō

Descendants

• → Catalan: infligir
• → English: inflict
• → French: infliger
• → Galician: inflixir
• → Italian: infliggere
• → Portuguese: infligir
• → Spanish: infligir

References

• “infligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• infligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    
  • to wound a person (also used metaphorically): vulnus infligere alicui
    
  • to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere