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Latin
Etymology
trāns- + fīgō
Pronunciation
Verb
trānsfīgō (present infinitive trānsfīgere, perfect active trānsfīxī, supine trānsfīxum); third conjugation
- to thrust through
- to transfix
- Synonyms: peragō, fīgō, intrō, trāiciō, percutiō, cōnfodiō, fodiō, trānsigō
Conjugation
References
- “transfigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “transfigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- transfigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword: gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)