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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, at, on, upon”) + fligo (“to strike, to strike down”).
Pronunciation
Verb
īnflīgō (present infinitive īnflīgere, perfect active īnflīxī, supine īnflīctum); third conjugation
- to knock or strike against
- to inflict or impose
- Synonym: impōnō
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References
- “infligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
- to wound a person (also used metaphorically): vulnus infligere alicui
- to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere