LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

cōnfīgō

cōnfīgō (present infinitive cōnfīgere, perfect active cōnfīxī, supine cōnfīxum)
Classical[kõːˈfiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to fasten together (especially with nails)
  2. to transfix

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōnfīgōcōnfīgēbamcōnfīgamcōnfīxīcōnfīxeramcōnfīxerō
2nd sg.cōnfīgiscōnfīgēbāscōnfīgēscōnfīxistīcōnfīxerāscōnfīxeris
3rd sg.cōnfīgitcōnfīgēbatcōnfīgetcōnfīxitcōnfīxeratcōnfīxerit
1st pl.cōnfīgimuscōnfīgēbāmuscōnfīgēmuscōnfīximuscōnfīxerāmuscōnfīxerimus
2nd pl.cōnfīgitiscōnfīgēbātiscōnfīgētiscōnfīxistiscōnfīxerātiscōnfīxeritis
3rd pl.cōnfīguntcōnfīgēbantcōnfīgentcōnfīxērunt
cōnfīxēre		cōnfīxerantcōnfīxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōnfīgamcōnfīgeremcōnfīxerimcōnfīxissem
2nd sg.cōnfīgāscōnfīgerēscōnfīxerīscōnfīxissēs
3rd sg.cōnfīgatcōnfīgeretcōnfīxeritcōnfīxisset
1st pl.cōnfīgāmuscōnfīgerēmuscōnfīxerīmuscōnfīxissēmus
2nd pl.cōnfīgātiscōnfīgerētiscōnfīxerītiscōnfīxissētis
3rd pl.cōnfīgantcōnfīgerentcōnfīxerintcōnfīxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cōnfīgorcōnfīgēbarcōnfīgar
2nd sg.cōnfīgeris
cōnfīgere		cōnfīgēbāris
cōnfīgēbāre		cōnfīgēris
cōnfīgēre
3rd sg.cōnfīgiturcōnfīgēbāturcōnfīgētur
1st pl.cōnfīgimurcōnfīgēbāmurcōnfīgēmur
2nd pl.cōnfīgiminīcōnfīgēbāminīcōnfīgēminī
3rd pl.cōnfīgunturcōnfīgēbanturcōnfīgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cōnfīgarcōnfīgerer
2nd sg.cōnfīgāris
cōnfīgāre		cōnfīgerēris
cōnfīgerēre
3rd sg.cōnfīgāturcōnfīgerētur
1st pl.cōnfīgāmurcōnfīgerēmur
2nd pl.cōnfīgāminīcōnfīgerēminī
3rd pl.cōnfīganturcōnfīgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōnfīgecōnfīgere
pres. 2nd pl.cōnfīgitecōnfīgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.cōnfīgitōcōnfīgitor
fut. 3rd sg.cōnfīgitōcōnfīgitor
fut. 2nd pl.cōnfīgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōnfīguntōcōnfīguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōnfīgerecōnfīgī
perfect infinitivecōnfīxissecōnfīxum esse
future infinitivecōnfīxūrum essecōnfīxum īrī
present participlecōnfīgēns—
perfect participle—cōnfīxus
cōnfīxa, cōnfīxā, cōnfīxae, cōnfīxam, cōnfīxārum, cōnfīxās, cōnfīxe, cōnfīxīs, cōnfīxō, cōnfīxōrum, cōnfīxōs
future participlecōnfīxūrus
cōnfīxūra, cōnfīxūrā, cōnfīxūrae, cōnfīxūram, cōnfīxūrārum, cōnfīxūrās, cōnfīxūre, cōnfīxūrī, cōnfīxūrīs, cōnfīxūrō, cōnfīxūrōrum, cōnfīxūrōs, cōnfīxūrum		cōnfīgendus
cōnfīgundus, cōnfīgenda, cōnfīgendā, cōnfīgendae, cōnfīgendam, cōnfīgendārum, cōnfīgendās, cōnfīgende, cōnfīgendīs, cōnfīgendōrum, cōnfīgendōs
gerundcōnfīgendī, cōnfīgendō, cōnfīgendumsupinecōnfīxum, cōnfīxū

con-fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (
I. part. perf.: confictus sagittis, Scaur. ap. Diom. p. 373; Veg. Art. Vet. 2, 11, 4; cf. figo init.), v. a.
I. To join (by pressing), to fasten together (rare): sublaminas inter sese, Cato, R. R. 21, 3: transtra clavis ferreis, to nail together, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: tabulam aculeis, Col. 7, 3, 5: transversaria tigna, Vitr. 10, 6, 3; 10, 21.—
II. To pierce through, to transfix.
A. Prop., esp. with a weapon: filios suos sagittis, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89: capras sagittis, id. N. D. 2, 50, 126: cohors confixa multitudine sagittarum, Suet. Caes. 68; Nep. Dat. 9, 5: pereunt Hypanisque Dymasque, Confixi a sociis, Verg. A. 2, 429; cf. id. ib. 3, 45; Suet. Dom. 3: confixum facere, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 255: aliquem cuspide, Luc. 3, 621; cf. Ov. P. 2, 7, 15.—Prov.: cornicum oculos; v. cornix.—
B. Trop.: meminerant, ejus sententiis confixum Antonium, i. e. rendered powerless or inactive, Cic. Phil. 12, 7, 18: ubi confixus desides, Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 33: ducentis confixus senati consultis, Cic. Har. Resp. 5, 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnfīgō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin cōnfīgō From con- + fīgō.

Italo-Romance
  • Italianconfiggere
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanconfegir

In English words that came into English from cōnfīgō

  • confixcōnfīgō

Quick answers

What does cōnfīgō mean in Latin?
cōnfīgō, a verb, means “to fasten together (especially with nails); to transfix”.
What are the principal parts of cōnfīgō?
cōnfīgō, cōnfīgere, cōnfīxī, cōnfīxum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce cōnfīgō?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈfiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈfiː.ɡo].
Where does cōnfīgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnfīgō.