adfligunt
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ante fuit. Furta, fugae, mortes seruorum, incendia, luctus adfligunt hominem, iam miser et futuit. Basia da nobis, Diadumene..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...consuetudine reclinaverunt, infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque una ipsae concidunt. Tertium est genus eorum, qui uri appellantur..."