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Catalan
Verb
fustigo
- first-person singular present indicative of fustigar
Italian
Verb
fustigo
- first-person singular present indicative of fustigare
Latin
Etymology
From fūstis (“a club, cudgel”) + -igō (“act with, do something with”), the latter a suffixal form of agō (“I do, act”). The long -ī- can be explained as a retention of the i-stem + the initial vowel of -igō, cf. vectīgal, castīgō, and possibly fatīgō.
Pronunciation
Verb
fūstīgō (present infinitive fūstīgāre, perfect active fūstīgāvī, supine fūstīgātum); first conjugation
- to club someone to death
c. 480 CE – 489 CE, Victor Vitensis,
Historia persecutionis Africae provinciae 2.14:
- In episcopos saevitia. Tunc et venerabiles Mansuetum, Germanum, Fusculum, et multos alios fustigavit.
- Fierce violence against bishops. Therefore he beat the venerable Mansuetus, Germanus and Fusculus, and many others, with a club to death.
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Portuguese
Verb
fustigo
- first-person singular present indicative of fustigar
Spanish
Verb
fustigo
- first-person singular present indicative of fustigar