confligo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-der.

Latin flīgō

Latin cōnflīgō

From con- (“together”) + flīgō (“strike”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈfliː.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈfliː.ɡo]

Verb

cōnflīgō (present infinitive cōnflīgere, perfect active cōnflīxī, supine cōnflīctum); third conjugation

(transitive) to strike together, to make collide
(intransitive) to contend, combat, engage [with cum (+ ablative) ‘against someone or something’]
Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, bellō, dīmicō, committō, serō, dēcertō
(intransitive) to argue or disagree [with cum (+ ablative) ‘with someone or something’]
Synonyms: dissentio, dissideo, discordo

Antonyms: consentio, concordo

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnflīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cōnflīgō	cōnflīgis		cōnflīgit	cōnflīgimus	cōnflīgitis		cōnflīgunt
	imperfect	cōnflīgēbam	cōnflīgēbās		cōnflīgēbat	cōnflīgēbāmus	cōnflīgēbātis		cōnflīgēbant
	future	cōnflīgam	cōnflīgēs		cōnflīget	cōnflīgēmus	cōnflīgētis		cōnflīgent
	perfect	cōnflīxī	cōnflīxistī		cōnflīxit	cōnflīximus	cōnflīxistis		cōnflīxērunt, cōnflīxēre
	pluperfect	cōnflīxeram	cōnflīxerās		cōnflīxerat	cōnflīxerāmus	cōnflīxerātis		cōnflīxerant
	future perfect	cōnflīxerō	cōnflīxeris		cōnflīxerit	cōnflīxerimus	cōnflīxeritis		cōnflīxerint
passive	present	cōnflīgor	cōnflīgeris, cōnflīgere		cōnflīgitur	cōnflīgimur	cōnflīgiminī		cōnflīguntur
	imperfect	cōnflīgēbar	cōnflīgēbāris, cōnflīgēbāre		cōnflīgēbātur	cōnflīgēbāmur	cōnflīgēbāminī		cōnflīgēbantur
	future	cōnflīgar	cōnflīgēris, cōnflīgēre		cōnflīgētur	cōnflīgēmur	cōnflīgēminī		cōnflīgentur
	perfect	cōnflīctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflīctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnflīctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cōnflīgam	cōnflīgās		cōnflīgat	cōnflīgāmus	cōnflīgātis		cōnflīgant
	imperfect	cōnflīgerem	cōnflīgerēs		cōnflīgeret	cōnflīgerēmus	cōnflīgerētis		cōnflīgerent
	perfect	cōnflīxerim	cōnflīxerīs		cōnflīxerit	cōnflīxerīmus	cōnflīxerītis		cōnflīxerint
	pluperfect	cōnflīxissem	cōnflīxissēs		cōnflīxisset	cōnflīxissēmus	cōnflīxissētis		cōnflīxissent
passive	present	cōnflīgar	cōnflīgāris, cōnflīgāre		cōnflīgātur	cōnflīgāmur	cōnflīgāminī		cōnflīgantur
	imperfect	cōnflīgerer	cōnflīgerēris, cōnflīgerēre		cōnflīgerētur	cōnflīgerēmur	cōnflīgerēminī		cōnflīgerentur
	perfect	cōnflīctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnflīctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cōnflīge		—	—	cōnflīgite		—
active	future	—	cōnflīgitō		cōnflīgitō	—	cōnflīgitōte		cōnflīguntō
passive	present	—	cōnflīgere		—	—	cōnflīgiminī		—
passive	future	—	cōnflīgitor		cōnflīgitor	—	—		cōnflīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cōnflīgere		cōnflīgī		cōnflīgēns		—
future		cōnflīctūrum esse		cōnflīctum īrī		cōnflīctūrus		cōnflīgendus, cōnflīgundus
perfect		cōnflīxisse		cōnflīctum esse		—		cōnflīctus
future perfect		—		cōnflīctum fore		—		—
perfect potential		cōnflīctūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cōnflīgendī	cōnflīgendō		cōnflīgendum	cōnflīgendō	cōnflīctum		cōnflīctū

Related terms

cōnflīctus

References

“confligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“confligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“confligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fight a pitched, orderly battle with an enemy: iusto (opp. tumultuario) proelio confligere cum hoste (Liv. 35. 4)