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verbthird conjugation

affīgō

affīgō (present infinitive affīgere, perfect active affīxī, supine affīxum)
Classical[afˈfiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[afˈfiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to fix or fasten on to; to affix or attach
  2. to annex
  3. to imprint or impress on

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.affīgōaffīgēbamaffīgamaffīxīaffīxeramaffīxerō
2nd sg.affīgisaffīgēbāsaffīgēsaffīxistīaffīxerāsaffīxeris
3rd sg.affīgitaffīgēbataffīgetaffīxitaffīxerataffīxerit
1st pl.affīgimusaffīgēbāmusaffīgēmusaffīximusaffīxerāmusaffīxerimus
2nd pl.affīgitisaffīgēbātisaffīgētisaffīxistisaffīxerātisaffīxeritis
3rd pl.affīguntaffīgēbantaffīgentaffīxērunt
affīxēre
affīxerantaffīxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.affīgamaffīgeremaffīxerimaffīxissem
2nd sg.affīgāsaffīgerēsaffīxerīsaffīxissēs
3rd sg.affīgataffīgeretaffīxeritaffīxisset
1st pl.affīgāmusaffīgerēmusaffīxerīmusaffīxissēmus
2nd pl.affīgātisaffīgerētisaffīxerītisaffīxissētis
3rd pl.affīgantaffīgerentaffīxerintaffīxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.affīgoraffīgēbaraffīgar
2nd sg.affīgeris
affīgere
affīgēbāris
affīgēbāre
affīgēris
affīgēre
3rd sg.affīgituraffīgēbāturaffīgētur
1st pl.affīgimuraffīgēbāmuraffīgēmur
2nd pl.affīgiminīaffīgēbāminīaffīgēminī
3rd pl.affīgunturaffīgēbanturaffīgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.affīgaraffīgerer
2nd sg.affīgāris
affīgāre
affīgerēris
affīgerēre
3rd sg.affīgāturaffīgerētur
1st pl.affīgāmuraffīgerēmur
2nd pl.affīgāminīaffīgerēminī
3rd pl.affīganturaffīgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.affīgeaffīgere
pres. 2nd pl.affīgiteaffīgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.affīgitōaffīgitor
fut. 3rd sg.affīgitōaffīgitor
fut. 2nd pl.affīgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.affīguntōaffīguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaffīgereaffīgī
perfect infinitiveaffīxisseaffīxum esse
future infinitiveaffīxūrum esseaffīxum īrī
present participleaffīgēns—
perfect participle—affīxus
affīxa, affīxā, affīxae, affīxam, affīxārum, affīxās, affīxe, affīxīs, affīxō, affīxōrum, affīxōs
future participleaffīxūrus
affīxūra, affīxūrā, affīxūrae, affīxūram, affīxūrārum, affīxūrās, affīxūre, affīxūrī, affīxūrīs, affīxūrō, affīxūrōrum, affīxūrōs, affīxūrum
affīgendus
affīgundus, affīgenda, affīgendā, affīgendae, affīgendam, affīgendārum, affīgendās, affīgende, affīgendīs, affīgendōrum, affīgendōs
gerundaffīgendī, affīgendō, affīgendumsupineaffīxum, affīxū

af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536),
I. to fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.
I. Lit.: sidera aetherieis adfixa caverneis, Lucr. 4, 392: corpus, id. 4, 1104; 4, 1238: litteram ad caput, to affix as a brand, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: Minerva, cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt, id. N. D. 3, 23: Prometheus adfixus Caucaso, id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aliquem patibulo, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355: aliquem cuspide ad terram, Liv. 4, 19: aliquem cruci adfigere, id. 28, 37: signa Punicis Adfixa delubris, Hor. C. 3, 5, 19: lecto te adfixit, id. S. 1, 1, 81 (cf. Sen. Ep. 67: senectus me lectulo adfixit): radicem terrae, Verg. G. 2, 318: flammam lateri (turris), id. A. 9, 536 al. —
II. Trop., to fix on, imprint or impress on: aliquid animo, to impress upon the mind, Quint. 2, 7, 18, and Sen. Ep. 11: litteras pueris, to imprint on their memory, Quint. 1, 1, 25.—Hence, adfixus, a, um, P. a.
A. Fastened to a person or thing, joined to; constr. alicui or ad rem: jubes eum mihi esse adfixum tamquam magistro, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6: me sibi ille adfixum habebit, id. Fam. 1, 8: nos in exiguā parte terrae adfixi, id. Rep. 1, 17: anus adfixa foribus, Tib. 1, 6, 61: Tarraconensis adfixa Pyrenaeo, situated close to, Plin. 3, 2, § 6. —Trop., impressed on, fixed to: causa in animo sensuque meo penitus adfixa atque insita, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53: quae semper adfixa esse videntur ad rem neque ab eā possunt separari, id. Inv. 1, 26 al.—
B. In the Latin of the Pandects: adfixa, ōrum, n., the appendages or appurtenances belonging to a possession: domum instructam legavit cum omnibus adfixis, with all pertaining thereto, all the fixtures, Dig. 33, 7, 18 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaffīgō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin affīgō From ad- + fīgō.

Descendants
  • Italianaffiggere
  • Catalanafegir

Quick answers

What does affīgō mean in Latin?
affīgō, a verb, means “to fix or fasten on to; to affix or attach; to annex”.
What are the principal parts of affīgō?
affīgō, affīgere, affīxī, affīxum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce affīgō?
In classical Latin, [afˈfiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [afˈfiː.ɡo].
Where does affīgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin affīgō.