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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + ligō (“tie, bind up or together; bandage”).
Pronunciation
Verb
alligō (present infinitive alligāre, perfect active alligāvī, supine alligātum); first conjugation
- to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage
- Synonyms: ligō, colligō, illigō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, dēligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō
- Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
- to hold fast, hinder, detain
- (in a moral sense) to oblige, lay under obligation
Conjugation
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Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
- “alligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “alligare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 24
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lĭgāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 319
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “irritare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes