Latin

Verb

īnflīgō ‎(present infinitive īnflīgere, perfect active īnflīxī, supine īnflīctum); third conjugation

1. I knock or strike against
2. I inflict or impose

Inflection

Descendants

• English: inflict
• French: infliger
• Spanish: infligir

References

• infligo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• infligo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “infligo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    
  • to wound a person (also used metaphorically): vulnus infligere alicui
    
  • to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere