abigo

Latin

Alternative forms

• abagō

Etymology

From ab- (“of, from”) +‎ agō (“do, act, make; drive”), with Old Latin vowel reduction.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡoː/, [ˈäbɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡo/, [ˈäːbiɡo]

Verb

abigō (present infinitive abigere, perfect active abēgī, supine abāctum); third conjugation

1. to drive away (particularly cattle)
2. to deter, discourage, frighten away
3. (medicine) to remove a disease
4. (medicine) to force birth, cause an abortion
5. to steal the cattle
   • Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 7:

     boves mira specie abegisse

     [Hercules] stole his cattle, which were of marvellous beauty

Conjugation

Conjugation of abigō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abigō	abigis	abigit	abigimus	abigitis	abigunt
	imperfect	abigēbam	abigēbās	abigēbat	abigēbāmus	abigēbātis	abigēbant
	future	abigam	abigēs	abiget	abigēmus	abigētis	abigent
	perfect	abēgī	abēgistī	abēgit	abēgimus	abēgistis	abēgērunt, abēgēre
	pluperfect	abēgeram	abēgerās	abēgerat	abēgerāmus	abēgerātis	abēgerant
	future perfect	abēgerō	abēgeris	abēgerit	abēgerimus	abēgeritis	abēgerint
passive	present	abigor	abigeris, abigere	abigitur	abigimur	abigiminī	abiguntur
	imperfect	abigēbar	abigēbāris, abigēbāre	abigēbātur	abigēbāmur	abigēbāminī	abigēbantur
	future	abigar	abigēris, abigēre	abigētur	abigēmur	abigēminī	abigentur
	perfect	abāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abigam	abigās	abigat	abigāmus	abigātis	abigant
	imperfect	abigerem	abigerēs	abigeret	abigerēmus	abigerētis	abigerent
	perfect	abēgerim	abēgerīs	abēgerit	abēgerīmus	abēgerītis	abēgerint
	pluperfect	abēgissem	abēgissēs	abēgisset	abēgissēmus	abēgissētis	abēgissent
passive	present	abigar	abigāris, abigāre	abigātur	abigāmur	abigāminī	abigantur
	imperfect	abigerer	abigerēris, abigerēre	abigerētur	abigerēmur	abigerēminī	abigerentur
	perfect	abāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abige	—	—	abigite	—
	future	—	abigitō	abigitō	—	abigitōte	abiguntō
passive	present	—	abigere	—	—	abigiminī	—
	future	—	abigitor	abigitor	—	—	abiguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abigere	abēgisse	abāctūrum esse	abigī	abāctum esse	abāctum īrī
participles		abigēns	—	abāctūrus	—	abāctus	abigendus, abigundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abigendī	abigendō	abigendum	abigendō	abāctum	abāctū

Derived terms

• abāctiō
• abāctius
• abāctor
• abāctus
• abagmentum
• abiga
• abigeus

Related terms

• abigeātor
• abigeātus

References

• “abigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY OLIVETTI