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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *bʰleyǵ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈfliː.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈfliː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cōnflīgō''' (present infinitive cōnflīgere, perfect active cōnflīxī, supine cōnflīctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-|t=together]] and [[flīgō]] “to strike”, from [[ine-pro|*bʰleyǵ-|t=to strike]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation for fighting is Lucilius.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to strike together, collide, and transitively to bring into collision, as Lucretius' seeds and Cicero's confronting of one thing with another.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to do battle, fight, as in Lucilius, to contend in words, argue, and of principles to conflict, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[pugnō]] and ''cōnflīgere'' are fighting in a body, in battle, while [[dīmicō]] is single combat.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to strive, conflict.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|conflict]] came from its participle ''cōnflīctus'' in the early 15th century, as verb and noun.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of fighting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of colliding seeds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of argument.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''conflict'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To strike together, [[m|en|collide]]; to bring into collision.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|fight]], do battle.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To argue, (of principles) to conflict.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[conflictatrix]]
+ * [[cōnflīctō]]
+ * [[cōnflīctus]]
+ * [[cōnflīgium]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[flīgō]]
+ * [[afflīgō]]
+ * [[en|conflict]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}