English

Noun

figo ‎(plural figos)

1. Alternative form of fico
   • Washington Irving

     A figo for the governor, and a figo for his flag.

Esperanto

Noun

figo ‎(accusative singular figon, plural figoj, accusative plural figojn)

1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

• figarbo / figujo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese figo, from Latin fīcus ‎(“fig tree, fig (fruit)”).

Noun

figo m ‎(plural figos)

1. fig (fruit)

Related terms

• figueira

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto figo, from English fig, French figue, German Feige, Italian fico, Spanish higo, Russian фига ‎(figa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ˈgo/

Noun

figo (plural figi)

1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

• figiero ‎(“fig (tree)”)
• figiereyo ‎(“fig garden”)

Italian

Adjective

figo m ‎(feminine singular figa, masculine plural fighi, feminine plural fighe)

1. (slang) great, cool (admirable)

Latin

Etymology

Back-formed from earlier fīvō (influenced by the perfect fīxī), from Proto-Italic *feigʷō (with fīxus for fictus after fīxī), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‎(“to stick, set up”). Cognates include English ditch, West Frisian dyk ‎(“dam”), Dutch dijk, German Deich ‎(“dike”) and Teich ‎(“pond”) (all from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz), Lithuanian diegti ‘to prick; plant’, dýgsti ‘to geminate, grow’), Sanskrit देहि ‎(dehi-, “wall”) and देह ‎(deha, “body”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.ɡoː/

Verb

fīgō ‎(present infinitive fīgere, perfect active fīxī, supine fīxum); third conjugation

1. I fasten, fix
2. I transfix, pierce
3. I drive nails

Inflection

• The fourth principal part may also be fictum.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• figo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• figo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “figo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to keep one's eyes on the ground: oculos figere in terra and in terram
    
• figo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Portuguese

figos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese figo, from Latin fīcus ‎(“fig tree, fig (fruit)”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡu/, [ˈfi.ɣu]
• Hyphenation: fi‧go

Noun

figo m (plural figos)

1. fig (fruit)

Related terms

Swahili

Noun

figo (needs class)

1. kidney