configo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnfīgō (present infinitive cōnfīgere, perfect active cōnfīxī, supine cōnfīxum); third conjugation

  1. to fasten together (especially with nails)
    Synonyms: cōnserō, fīgō, illigō, colligō, ligō, adalligō, dēligō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō, pangō
    Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
  2. to transfix

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: configgere
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: confegir

References

  • configo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • configo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • configo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.