transfigo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trãːfˈfiː.ɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪ransˈfiː.ɡo]
Verb
trānsfīgō (present infinitive trānsfīgere, perfect active trānsfīxī, supine trānsfīxum); third conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of trānsfīgō (third 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)
- to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword: gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)