LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

īnfīgō

īnfīgō (present infinitive īnfīgere, perfect active īnfīxī, supine īnfīxum)
Classical[ĩːˈfiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈfiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to fasten, fix, implant

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.īnfīgōīnfīgēbamīnfīgamīnfīxīīnfīxeramīnfīxerō
2nd sg.īnfīgisīnfīgēbāsīnfīgēsīnfīxistīīnfīxerāsīnfīxeris
3rd sg.īnfīgitīnfīgēbatīnfīgetīnfīxitīnfīxeratīnfīxerit
1st pl.īnfīgimusīnfīgēbāmusīnfīgēmusīnfīximusīnfīxerāmusīnfīxerimus
2nd pl.īnfīgitisīnfīgēbātisīnfīgētisīnfīxistisīnfīxerātisīnfīxeritis
3rd pl.īnfīguntīnfīgēbantīnfīgentīnfīxērunt
īnfīxēre
īnfīxerantīnfīxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.īnfīgamīnfīgeremīnfīxerimīnfīxissem
2nd sg.īnfīgāsīnfīgerēsīnfīxerīsīnfīxissēs
3rd sg.īnfīgatīnfīgeretīnfīxeritīnfīxisset
1st pl.īnfīgāmusīnfīgerēmusīnfīxerīmusīnfīxissēmus
2nd pl.īnfīgātisīnfīgerētisīnfīxerītisīnfīxissētis
3rd pl.īnfīgantīnfīgerentīnfīxerintīnfīxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.īnfīgorīnfīgēbarīnfīgar
2nd sg.īnfīgeris
īnfīgere
īnfīgēbāris
īnfīgēbāre
īnfīgēris
īnfīgēre
3rd sg.īnfīgiturīnfīgēbāturīnfīgētur
1st pl.īnfīgimurīnfīgēbāmurīnfīgēmur
2nd pl.īnfīgiminīīnfīgēbāminīīnfīgēminī
3rd pl.īnfīgunturīnfīgēbanturīnfīgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.īnfīgarīnfīgerer
2nd sg.īnfīgāris
īnfīgāre
īnfīgerēris
īnfīgerēre
3rd sg.īnfīgāturīnfīgerētur
1st pl.īnfīgāmurīnfīgerēmur
2nd pl.īnfīgāminīīnfīgerēminī
3rd pl.īnfīganturīnfīgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.īnfīgeīnfīgere
pres. 2nd pl.īnfīgiteīnfīgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.īnfīgitōīnfīgitor
fut. 3rd sg.īnfīgitōīnfīgitor
fut. 2nd pl.īnfīgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.īnfīguntōīnfīguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveīnfīgereīnfīgī
perfect infinitiveīnfīxisseīnfīxum esse
future infinitiveīnfīxūrum esseīnfīxum īrī
present participleīnfīgēns—
perfect participle—īnfīxus
īnfīxa, īnfīxā, īnfīxae, īnfīxam, īnfīxārum, īnfīxās, īnfīxe, īnfīxīs, īnfīxō, īnfīxōrum, īnfīxōs
future participleīnfīxūrus
īnfīxūra, īnfīxūrā, īnfīxūrae, īnfīxūram, īnfīxūrārum, īnfīxūrās, īnfīxūre, īnfīxūrī, īnfīxūrīs, īnfīxūrō, īnfīxūrōrum, īnfīxūrōs, īnfīxūrum
īnfīgendus
īnfīgundus, īnfīgenda, īnfīgendā, īnfīgendae, īnfīgendam, īnfīgendārum, īnfīgendās, īnfīgende, īnfīgendīs, īnfīgendōrum, īnfīgendōs
gerundīnfīgendī, īnfīgendō, īnfīgendumsupineīnfīxum, īnfīxū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

sidera certis locis infixa
the fixed stars.
gladium alicui in pectus infigere
to plunge one's sword in some one's breast.
dolor infixus animo haeret (Phil. 2. 26)
grief has struck deep into his soul.
aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum est
a thing is deeply impressed on the mind.

in-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a.,
I. to fix, thrust, drive, or fasten in.
I. Lit.: gladium hosti in pectus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: ferreis hamis infixis, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.: hastam portae, Verg. A. 9, 746: signum, Cic. Div. 2, 31: (sagitta) infigitur arbore, remains fixed, sticks fast, Verg. A. 5, 504: vulnus infixum, made by a thrust, id. ib. 4, 689: infixa corpori extrahere, things stuck in the body, Plin. 26, 12, 79, § 128; cf.: infixum moenibus hostem deicere, standing firmly on, Sil. 11, 173: infixum educere telum, Ov. M. 13, 393: aliquem in limo, Vulg. Psa. 68, 3.—
II. Trop., to infix, impress, imprint (esp. freq. in the part. perf.): quod in hominum sensibus atque in ipsa natura positum atque infixum est, Cic. Clu. 6, 17: infigere animis res, Quint. 9, 4, 134: religio infixa animo, Liv. 29, 18, 1: quicquid infixum et ingenitum est, Sen. Ep. 11: quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda, Plin. Ep. 1, 20: infixus pectori dolor haeret, id. ib.: natis oscula, Sil. 12, 738: oscula dextris, id. 12, 592; 8, 127: infixum est mihi, I have firmly resolved, I am determined: Vologesi penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi, Tac. A. 15, 5; so with inf.: infixum est fugere, Sil. 4, 332; 10, 643.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinīnfīgō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin īnfīgō From in- + fīgō.

Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianînfige, înfigere
  • Aromaniannhig, nhidziri
Italo-Romance
  • Italianinfiggere
Elsewhere
  • Englishinfix

Quick answers

What does īnfīgō mean in Latin?
īnfīgō, a verb, means “to fasten, fix, implant”.
What are the principal parts of īnfīgō?
īnfīgō, īnfīgere, īnfīxī, īnfīxum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce īnfīgō?
In classical Latin, [ĩːˈfiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈfiː.ɡo].
Where does īnfīgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin īnfīgō.