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verbthird conjugation

perfīgō

perfīgō (present infinitive perfīgere, perfect active perfīxī, supine perfīxum)
Classical[pɛrˈfiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[perˈfiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to pierce through, transfix

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perfīgōperfīgēbamperfīgamperfīxīperfīxeramperfīxerō
2nd sg.perfīgisperfīgēbāsperfīgēsperfīxistīperfīxerāsperfīxeris
3rd sg.perfīgitperfīgēbatperfīgetperfīxitperfīxeratperfīxerit
1st pl.perfīgimusperfīgēbāmusperfīgēmusperfīximusperfīxerāmusperfīxerimus
2nd pl.perfīgitisperfīgēbātisperfīgētisperfīxistisperfīxerātisperfīxeritis
3rd pl.perfīguntperfīgēbantperfīgentperfīxērunt
perfīxēre
perfīxerantperfīxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perfīgamperfīgeremperfīxerimperfīxissem
2nd sg.perfīgāsperfīgerēsperfīxerīsperfīxissēs
3rd sg.perfīgatperfīgeretperfīxeritperfīxisset
1st pl.perfīgāmusperfīgerēmusperfīxerīmusperfīxissēmus
2nd pl.perfīgātisperfīgerētisperfīxerītisperfīxissētis
3rd pl.perfīgantperfīgerentperfīxerintperfīxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perfīgorperfīgēbarperfīgar
2nd sg.perfīgeris
perfīgere
perfīgēbāris
perfīgēbāre
perfīgēris
perfīgēre
3rd sg.perfīgiturperfīgēbāturperfīgētur
1st pl.perfīgimurperfīgēbāmurperfīgēmur
2nd pl.perfīgiminīperfīgēbāminīperfīgēminī
3rd pl.perfīgunturperfīgēbanturperfīgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perfīgarperfīgerer
2nd sg.perfīgāris
perfīgāre
perfīgerēris
perfīgerēre
3rd sg.perfīgāturperfīgerētur
1st pl.perfīgāmurperfīgerēmur
2nd pl.perfīgāminīperfīgerēminī
3rd pl.perfīganturperfīgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perfīgeperfīgere
pres. 2nd pl.perfīgiteperfīgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.perfīgitōperfīgitor
fut. 3rd sg.perfīgitōperfīgitor
fut. 2nd pl.perfīgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perfīguntōperfīguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperfīgereperfīgī
perfect infinitiveperfīxisseperfīxum esse
future infinitiveperfīxūrum esseperfīxum īrī
present participleperfīgēns—
perfect participle—perfīxus
perfīxa, perfīxā, perfīxae, perfīxam, perfīxārum, perfīxās, perfīxe, perfīxīs, perfīxō, perfīxōrum, perfīxōs
future participleperfīxūrus
perfīxūra, perfīxūrā, perfīxūrae, perfīxūram, perfīxūrārum, perfīxūrās, perfīxūre, perfīxūrī, perfīxūrīs, perfīxūrō, perfīxūrōrum, perfīxūrōs, perfīxūrum
perfīgendus
perfīgundus, perfīgenda, perfīgendā, perfīgendae, perfīgendam, perfīgendārum, perfīgendās, perfīgende, perfīgendīs, perfīgendōrum, perfīgendōs
gerundperfīgendī, perfīgendō, perfīgendumsupineperfīxum, perfīxū

perfīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a.,
I. to pierce through, transfix (only in Lucr.): multa perfigit, 6, 350.—Elsewh. only part. perf., perfixus, a, um, transfixed, pierced: telis pavoris, Lucr. 3, 305: pectus, id. 6, 392; cf. id. 2, 360.

Origins

From per- (“through”) + fīgō (“to pierce”).

Quick answers

What does perfīgō mean in Latin?
perfīgō, a verb, means “to pierce through, transfix”.
What are the principal parts of perfīgō?
perfīgō, perfīgere, perfīxī, perfīxum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce perfīgō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈfiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈfiː.ɡo].