infligo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to knock or strike against
2. to 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnflīgere			īnflīgī			īnflīgēns			—
future		īnflīctūrum esse			īnflīctum īrī			īnflīctūrus			īnflīgendus, īnflīgundus
perfect		īnflīxisse			īnflīctum esse			—			īnflīctus
future perfect		—			īnflīctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnflīctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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^[1], 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