LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

flīgō

flīgō (present infinitive flīgere, perfect active flīxī, supine flīctum)
Classical[ˈfliː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfliː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto strike, strike down

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.flīgōflīgēbamflīgamflīxīflīxeramflīxerō
2nd sg.flīgisflīgēbāsflīgēsflīxistīflīxerāsflīxeris
3rd sg.flīgitflīgēbatflīgetflīxitflīxeratflīxerit
1st pl.flīgimusflīgēbāmusflīgēmusflīximusflīxerāmusflīxerimus
2nd pl.flīgitisflīgēbātisflīgētisflīxistisflīxerātisflīxeritis
3rd pl.flīguntflīgēbantflīgentflīxērunt
flīxēre
flīxerantflīxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.flīgamflīgeremflīxerimflīxissem
2nd sg.flīgāsflīgerēsflīxerīsflīxissēs
3rd sg.flīgatflīgeretflīxeritflīxisset
1st pl.flīgāmusflīgerēmusflīxerīmusflīxissēmus
2nd pl.flīgātisflīgerētisflīxerītisflīxissētis
3rd pl.flīgantflīgerentflīxerintflīxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.flīgorflīgēbarflīgar
2nd sg.flīgeris
flīgere
flīgēbāris
flīgēbāre
flīgēris
flīgēre
3rd sg.flīgiturflīgēbāturflīgētur
1st pl.flīgimurflīgēbāmurflīgēmur
2nd pl.flīgiminīflīgēbāminīflīgēminī
3rd pl.flīgunturflīgēbanturflīgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.flīgarflīgerer
2nd sg.flīgāris
flīgāre
flīgerēris
flīgerēre
3rd sg.flīgāturflīgerētur
1st pl.flīgāmurflīgerēmur
2nd pl.flīgāminīflīgerēminī
3rd pl.flīganturflīgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.flīgeflīgere
pres. 2nd pl.flīgiteflīgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.flīgitōflīgitor
fut. 3rd sg.flīgitōflīgitor
fut. 2nd pl.flīgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.flīguntōflīguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveflīgereflīgī
perfect infinitiveflīxisseflīctum esse
future infinitiveflīctūrum esseflīctum īrī
present participleflīgēns—
perfect participle—flīctus
flīcta, flīctā, flīctae, flīctam, flīctārum, flīctās, flīcte, flīctī, flīctīs, flīctō, flīctōrum, flīctōs
future participleflīctūrusflīgendus
flīgundus
gerundflīgendī, flīgendō, flīgendumsupineflīctum, flīctū

flīgo, ĕre, v. a. Gr. φλάω, φλίβω, = θλάω, θλίβω,, to crush; Lat. flagellum; cf. flagitare, Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 477,
I. to strike, strike down (ante-class.): fligi affligi: ipsus se in terram saucius fligit cadens, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 110, 29 sq. (Trag. Rel. v. 12 Rib.); so Att. ap. Non. 1. 1. (v. 317 Rib.): naves ad saxa, Lucr. 5, 1001 Lachm. N. cr. (al. lidebant or laedebant; v. Munro ad loc. 3d ed.).

Origins

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”), Welsh blif (“catapult”).

In English words that came into English from flīgō

  • conflictcōnflīctus
  • profligateprōflīgātus
  • afflictionafflīctiō
  • afflictafflīctō
  • inflictīnflīctus
  • profligacyprōflīgātus
  • profligationprōflīgātiō

Quick answers

What does flīgō mean in Latin?
flīgō, a verb, means “to strike, strike down”.
What are the principal parts of flīgō?
flīgō, flīgere, flīxī, flīctum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce flīgō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfliː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfliː.ɡo].
Which English words come from flīgō?
English words that go back to Latin flīgō include profligation, conflict, profligate, affliction, afflict and inflict.