confligo

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ flīgō (“strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfliː.ɡoː/, [kõːˈflʲiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfli.ɡo/, [koɱˈfliːɡo]

Verb

cōnflīgō (present infinitive cōnflīgere, perfect active cōnflīxī, supine cōnflīctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to strike together, to make collide
2. (intransitive) to contend, combat, engage [with cum (+ ablative) ‘against someone or something’]

   Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, committō, serō, dēcertō

3. (intransitive) to argue or disagree [with cum (+ ablative) ‘with someone or something’]

   Synonyms: dissentio, dissideo, discordo

   Antonyms: consentio, concordo

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnflīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnflīgō		cōnflīgis		cōnflīgit		cōnflīgimus		cōnflīgitis		cōnflīgunt
	imperfect	cōnflīgēbam		cōnflīgēbās		cōnflīgēbat		cōnflīgēbāmus		cōnflīgēbātis		cōnflīgēbant
	future	cōnflīgam		cōnflīgēs		cōnflīget		cōnflīgēmus		cōnflīgētis		cōnflīgent
	perfect	cōnflīxī		cōnflīxistī		cōnflīxit		cōnflīximus		cōnflīxistis		cōnflīxērunt, cōnflīxēre
	pluperfect	cōnflīxeram		cōnflīxerās		cōnflīxerat		cōnflīxerāmus		cōnflīxerātis		cōnflīxerant
	future perfect	cōnflīxerō		cōnflīxeris		cōnflīxerit		cōnflīxerimus		cōnflīxeritis		cōnflīxerint
passive	present	cōnflīgor		cōnflīgeris, cōnflīgere		cōnflīgitur		cōnflīgimur		cōnflīgiminī		cōnflīguntur
	imperfect	cōnflīgēbar		cōnflīgēbāris, cōnflīgēbāre		cōnflīgēbātur		cōnflīgēbāmur		cōnflīgēbāminī		cōnflīgēbantur
	future	cōnflīgar		cōnflīgēris, cōnflīgēre		cōnflīgētur		cōnflīgēmur		cōnflīgēminī		cōnflīgentur
	perfect	cōnflīctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflīctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflīctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnflīgam		cōnflīgās		cōnflīgat		cōnflīgāmus		cōnflīgātis		cōnflīgant
	imperfect	cōnflīgerem		cōnflīgerēs		cōnflīgeret		cōnflīgerēmus		cōnflīgerētis		cōnflīgerent
	perfect	cōnflīxerim		cōnflīxerīs		cōnflīxerit		cōnflīxerīmus		cōnflīxerītis		cōnflīxerint
	pluperfect	cōnflīxissem		cōnflīxissēs		cōnflīxisset		cōnflīxissēmus		cōnflīxissētis		cōnflīxissent
passive	present	cōnflīgar		cōnflīgāris, cōnflīgāre		cōnflīgātur		cōnflīgāmur		cōnflīgāminī		cōnflīgantur
	imperfect	cōnflīgerer		cōnflīgerēris, cōnflīgerēre		cōnflīgerētur		cōnflīgerēmur		cōnflīgerēminī		cōnflīgerentur
	perfect	cōnflīctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflīctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnflīge		—		—		cōnflīgite		—
	future	—		cōnflīgitō		cōnflīgitō		—		cōnflīgitōte		cōnflīguntō
passive	present	—		cōnflīgere		—		—		cōnflīgiminī		—
	future	—		cōnflīgitor		cōnflīgitor		—		—		cōnflīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnflīgere			cōnflīgī			cōnflīgēns			—
future		cōnflīctūrum esse			cōnflīctum īrī			cōnflīctūrus			cōnflīgendus, cōnflīgundus
perfect		cōnflīxisse			cōnflīctum esse			—			cōnflīctus
future perfect		—			cōnflīctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnflīctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnflīgendī		cōnflīgendō		cōnflīgendum		cōnflīgendō		cōnflīctum		cōnflīctū

Related terms

• cōnflīctus

References

• “confligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “confligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• confligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fight a pitched, orderly battle with an enemy: iusto (opp. tumultuario) proelio confligere cum hoste (Liv. 35. 4)