crucifigo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krʊ.kɪˈfiː.ɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈfiː.ɡo]
Verb
crucifīgō (present infinitive crucifīgere, perfect active crucifīxī, supine crucifīxum); third conjugation
- to crucify, fix on a cross
Conjugation
Conjugation of crucifīgō (third conjugation)
Descendants
- Italian: crocifiggere
- Late Latin: crucificō (altered by association with the suffix -ficō)
- → Catalan: crucificar (learned)
- Old French: crucefier
- Old Galician-Portuguese: crucifigar
- Galician: crucificar
- Portuguese: crucificar
- → Spanish: crucificar (learned)
References
- “crucifigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crucifigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.