verbthird conjugation
adigō
adigō (present infinitive adigere, perfect active adēgī, supine adāctum)
Classical[ˈa.dɪ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.di.ɡo]
Meaning
- to drive
- to hurl
- to exact
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
drive in, force
adigō -ere, -ēgī — in De Bello Gallico II
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Cogere · Adigere
Cogere (from co-igere) means by force and power to compel to something; adigere, by reflection and the suggestion of motives to persuade to something. Tac. Ann. vi. 27. Se ea necessitate ad preces cogi, per quas consularium aliqui capessere provincias adigerentur. (vi. 70.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adigō | adigēbam | adigam | adēgī | adēgeram | adēgerō |
| 2nd sg. | adigis | adigēbās | adigēs | adēgistī | adēgerās | adēgeris |
| 3rd sg. | adigit | adigēbat | adiget | adēgit | adēgerat | adēgerit |
| 1st pl. | adigimus | adigēbāmus | adigēmus | adēgimus | adēgerāmus | adēgerimus |
| 2nd pl. | adigitis | adigēbātis | adigētis | adēgistis | adēgerātis | adēgeritis |
| 3rd pl. | adigunt | adigēbant | adigent | adēgērunt adēgēre | adēgerant | adēgerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adigam | adigerem | adēgerim | adēgissem |
| 2nd sg. | adigās | adigerēs | adēgerīs | adēgissēs |
| 3rd sg. | adigat | adigeret | adēgerit | adēgisset |
| 1st pl. | adigāmus | adigerēmus | adēgerīmus | adēgissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | adigātis | adigerētis | adēgerītis | adēgissētis |
| 3rd pl. | adigant | adigerent | adēgerint | adēgissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adigor | adigēbar | adigar |
| 2nd sg. | adigeris adigere | adigēbāris adigēbāre | adigēris adigēre |
| 3rd sg. | adigitur | adigēbātur | adigētur |
| 1st pl. | adigimur | adigēbāmur | adigēmur |
| 2nd pl. | adigiminī | adigēbāminī | adigēminī |
| 3rd pl. | adiguntur | adigēbantur | adigentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adigar | adigerer |
| 2nd sg. | adigāris adigāre | adigerēris adigerēre |
| 3rd sg. | adigātur | adigerētur |
| 1st pl. | adigāmur | adigerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | adigāminī | adigerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | adigantur | adigerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | adige | adigere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | adigite | adigiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | adigitō | adigitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | adigitō | adigitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | adigitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | adiguntō | adiguntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | adigere | adigī |
| perfect infinitive | adēgisse | adāctum esse |
| future infinitive | adāctūrum esse | adāctum īrī |
| present participle | adigēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | adāctus adācta, adāctā, adāctae, adāctam, adāctārum, adāctās, adācte, adāctī, adāctīs, adāctō, adāctōrum, adāctōs |
| future participle | adāctūrus adāctūra, adāctūrā, adāctūrae, adāctūram, adāctūrārum, adāctūrās, adāctūre, adāctūrī, adāctūrīs, adāctūrō, adāctūrōrum, adāctūrōs, adāctūrum | adigendus adigundus, adigenda, adigendā, adigendae, adigendam, adigendārum, adigendās, adigende, adigendīs, adigendōrum, adigendōs |
gerundadigendī, adigendō, adigendumsupineadāctum, adāctū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- iureiurando aliquem adigere
- to make some one take an oath.
- milites sacramento rogare, adigere
- to make soldiers take the military oath.
ăd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. ago (adaxint = adegerint, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 11; Non. 75, 5; cf. adaxi for adegi),
I. to drive, bring, or take a person or thing to a place (syn.: appello, adduco, affero).—Constr. usu. with ad, but also with acc., dat., in or local adv.
I. Lit., of cattle (cf. ago, I.:
abigo, abigeus, etc.): quis has huc ovīs adegit? Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 3: lactantes vitulos ad matres, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 16: pecore e longinquioribus vicis adacto, Caes. B. G. 7, 17: equos per publicum, Suet. Galb. 19. —Of persons: mox noctu te adiget horsum insomnia, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 13: aliquem fulmine ad umbras, Verg. A. 4, 25: quis deus Italiam vos adegit? id. ib. 9, 601.—Hence: adigere aliquem arbitrum (ad arbitrum), to compel one to come before an arbiter (like adigere (ad) jus jurandum; v. infra): finibus regundis adigere arbitrum non possis, Cic. Top. 10, 43; so id. Off. 3, 16, 66; id. Rosc. Com. 9, 25.—Of things: classem e Ponto Byzantium adigi jusserat, Tac. H. 2, 83: ceteras navium per fossas, id. A. 11, 18, and absol.: dum adiguntur naves, i. e. in mare impelluntur, id. Ann. 2, 7: tigna fistucis, to drive in by rammers, Caes. B. G. 4, 17.—Esp. often of weapons, to drive home, plunge, thrust, to send to a place: ut felum adigi non posset, Caes. B. G. 3, 51; cf. id. B. G. 4, 23; so Verg. A. 9, 431; Ov. M. 6, 271: hastae ardentes adactae, Tac. H. 4, 23: ferrum jugulo, Suet. Ner. 49: cf. Liv. 27, 49: per obscena ferrum, Suet. Calig. 58: ferrum in viscera, Sil. 7, 626.— And from the weapons transf. to the wound, to inflict (in the poets and Tac.): alte vulnus adactum, Verg. A. 10, 850: ubi vulnus Varo adactum, Tac. A. 1, 61: vulnus per galeam adegit, id. ib. 6, 35.II. Fig.
A. To drive, urge, or bring one to a situation, to a state of mind, or to an act (esp. against his will):
tu, homo, adigis me ad insaniam, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 31: adigit ita Postumia, Cic. Att. 10, 9: acri cupidine adigi, Tac. A. 15, 33: ad mortem, id. ib. 12, 22.—Poet. with the subj. without ut: quae vis vim mihi afferam ipsa adigit, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 19.—With the inf.: vertere morsus exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi, Verg. A. 7, 114; cf. 6, 696; so Ov. Am. 3, 6, 3; Sil. 2, 472; Stat. Th. 4, 531.— So also: tres liburnicas adactis per vim gubernatoribus ascendere, Tac. Agr. 28; so id. A. 4, 45; 11, 10; id. H. 4, 15.—B. Adigere aliquem ad jus jurandum, jus jurandum, or jure jurando, or sacramento (abl.), t. t., to put one on oath, to cause one to take oath, to swear one (from the time of Livy oftener with abl.; so Tac.. Just., Flor.; cf. on this point Cortius ad Sall. C. 22; Held ad Caes. B. C. 1, 76; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 67; Rudd. II. p. 328, no. 16):
omnibus jus jurandum adactis, Caes. B. G. 7, 67: cum ad jus jurandum populares sceleris sui adigeret, Sall. C. 22: provinciam omnem in sua et Pompeii verba jus jurandum adigebat, Caes. B. C. 2, 18: censores ita jus jurandum adigebant, Liv. 43, 15 fin.; so Gell. 4, 20; 7, 18: populum jure jurando adegit, Liv. 2, 1: omnibus junioribus jure jurando adactis, id. 6, 33; so 6, 38; 7, 9, 11 al.; Tac. H. 1, 55; ib. 76; Just. 22, 4, 5; 8, 4, 11; Flor. 3, 1, 13.—Hence ellipt.: in verba adigere, for in verba jus jurandum adigere in Tac. and Suet. (cf. the passage cited above, Caes. B. C. 2, 18): neque se neque quemquam Batavum in verba Galliarum adegit, Tac. H. 4, 61: provincia Narbon. in verba Vitellii adacta, id. ib. 2, 14; so 4, 59; Suet. Vesp. 6.— And finally quite absol.: adigere (sc. jure jurando, sacramento), to bind by an oath: magno cum assensu auditus ... universos adigit, Tac. H. 4, 15.—C. Poet. = subigere, to subject:
bisque jugo Rhenum, bis adactum legibus Istrum, Stat. Th. 1, 19: in faciem prorae pinus adacta novae, brought into the form of a ship, Prop. 4, 22, 14.!*? In Caes. B. C. 2, 1: mare quod adigit ad ostium Rhodani, we have a false reading, for which Nipperdey restored adjacet.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
adigō ēgī, āctus, ere
ad + ago, to drive, urge, bring by force, take (to a place): pecore ex longinquioribus vicis adacto, Cs.—Of persons: te adiget horsum insomnia, T.: aliquem fulmine ad umbras, V.: Italiam vos? V.: arbitrum illum adegit, compelled to come before an arbiter.—Of things: tigna fistucis, to ram in, Cs.—Esp. of weapons, to drive home, plunge, thrust: ut telum adigi non posset, reach its mark, Cs.: viribus ensis adactus, V.— Poet.: alte volnus adactum, inflicted, V.—Fig., to drive, urge, force, compel, bring (to a condition or act): me ad insaniam, T.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi, V.: adactis per vim gubernatoribus, pressed, Ta.—Poet.: In faciem prorae pinus adacta novae, brought into the form of a ship, Pr.—Adigere aliquem ius iurandum, or ad ius iurandum, or iure iurando, or sacramento (abl.), to put on oath, bind by oath, cause to take an oath, swear: omnibus ius iurandum adactis, Cs.: ad ius iurandum populares, S.: provinciam in sua verba ius iurandum, Cs.: populum iure iurando, L.: adiurat in quae adactus est verba, i. e. takes the oath under compulsion, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinadigō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin adigō From ad- (“toward, to”) + agō (“do, make”).