affligo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adflīgō === Etymology === From ad- +‎ flīgō (“strike down”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [afˈfliː.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [afˈfliː.ɡo] === Verb === afflīgō (present infinitive afflīgere, perfect active afflīxī, supine afflīctum); third conjugation to strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate Synonyms: feriō, mulcō, tangō, percutiō, pellō, discutiō, pulsō, accidō, percellō, impingō, icō, verberō to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin Synonyms: afficiō, dīruo, prōflīgō, tollō, accidō to humble, weaken or vex to overthrow Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, pervertō, ēvertō, sternō, prōsternō, fundō, versō, vertō, dissipō ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). ==== Derived terms ==== afflīctiō afflīctō afflīctor afflīctus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “affligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “affligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.