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

    Verb

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

    1. (transitive) to strike, strike down

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ 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

    Further reading

    • fligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • fligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.