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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”).
Verb
afflīctō (present infinitive afflīctāre, perfect active afflīctāvī, supine afflīctātum); first conjugation
- to strike or strike down repeatedly, harass; damage, injure, shatter
- to trouble, afflict, agitate, vex, torment, distress, harass
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “afflicto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- afflicto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
Regularly declined forms of afflīctus (“afflicted”).
Participle
afflīctō
- inflection of afflīctus:
- dative masculine/neuter singular
- ablative masculine/feminine singular