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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“toward, to”) + agō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adigō (present infinitive adigere, perfect active adēgī, supine adāctum); third conjugation
- to drive
- to hurl
- to exact
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Derived terms
References
- “adigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make some one take an oath: iureiurando aliquem adigere
- to make soldiers take the military oath: milites sacramento rogare, adigere