fligo Latin · revision 5278

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *bʰleiǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfliː.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfliː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''flīgō''' (present infinitive flīgere, perfect active flīxī, supine flīctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*flīg-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*bʰleiǵ-e/o-|t=to hit, crush]], or *bʰliH-ǵ-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|φλίβω|tr=phlíbō|t=to rub, crush]], [[lt|bláižyti|t=to tear off]] and [[lv|bliêzt|t=to beat]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that the meanings match closely, but the forms cannot all go back to one preform.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan finds it in Livius Andronicus and Accius;^(de Vaan 2008) in Livius a wounded man throws himself to the ground as he falls.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Livius' career to before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to strike or dash down.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short call it ante-classical, though Lucretius has it of ships dashed on rocks.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It lives on in its compounds: [[afflīgō]] “to strike, damage”, [[cōnflīgō]] “to clash, fight”, [[īnflīgō]] “to inflict” and [[prōflīgō]] “to overwhelm”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it of a wounded man falling.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of ships dashed on rocks.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To strike, dash down.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[afflīgō]]

+ * [[cōnflīgō]]

+ * [[efflīgō]]

+ * [[flīctus]]

+ * [[īnflīgō]]

+ * [[prōflīgō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|afflict]]

+ * [[en|conflict]]

+ * [[en|inflict]]

+ * [[en|profligate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}