adfligit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfligo, adfligere, adflixi, adflictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
overthrow/throw down; afflict, damage, crush, break, ruin; humble, weaken, vex;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quamvis animantem grandior ictus, quam patitur natura, repente adfligit et omnis corporis atque animi pergit confundere sensus. dissoluuntur..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...casus, quo in terram totiens deferuntur, tam graviter adfligit nec illa per manus et genua reptatio nec post..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uentis nimbisque minax cum soluit habenas Iuppiter alternoque adfligit turbine mundum: stat caeli diuersa acies, nunc fortior Austri..."