transfigo

Latin

Etymology

trāns- +‎ fīgō

Pronunciation

Verb

trānsfīgō (present infinitive trānsfīgere, perfect active trānsfīxī, supine trānsfīxum); third conjugation

  1. to thrust through
  2. to transfix
    Synonyms: peragō, fīgō, intrō, trāiciō, percutiō, cōnfodiō, fodiō, trānsigō

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: trafiggere
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: trafige

References

  • transfigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • transfigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • transfigo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword: gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)