configo

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin cōnfīgō

From con- + fīgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈfiː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈfiː.ɡo]

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

   Conjugation of cōnfīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfīgō		cōnfīgis		cōnfīgit		cōnfīgimus		cōnfīgitis		cōnfīgunt
	imperfect	cōnfīgēbam		cōnfīgēbās		cōnfīgēbat		cōnfīgēbāmus		cōnfīgēbātis		cōnfīgēbant
	future	cōnfīgam		cōnfīgēs		cōnfīget		cōnfīgēmus		cōnfīgētis		cōnfīgent
	perfect	cōnfīxī		cōnfīxistī		cōnfīxit		cōnfīximus		cōnfīxistis		cōnfīxērunt, cōnfīxēre
	pluperfect	cōnfīxeram		cōnfīxerās		cōnfīxerat		cōnfīxerāmus		cōnfīxerātis		cōnfīxerant
	future perfect	cōnfīxerō		cōnfīxeris		cōnfīxerit		cōnfīxerimus		cōnfīxeritis		cōnfīxerint
passive	present	cōnfīgor		cōnfīgeris, cōnfīgere		cōnfīgitur		cōnfīgimur		cōnfīgiminī		cōnfīguntur
	imperfect	cōnfīgēbar		cōnfīgēbāris, cōnfīgēbāre		cōnfīgēbātur		cōnfīgēbāmur		cōnfīgēbāminī		cōnfīgēbantur
	future	cōnfīgar		cōnfīgēris, cōnfīgēre		cōnfīgētur		cōnfīgēmur		cōnfīgēminī		cōnfīgentur
	perfect	cōnfīxus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfīxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfīgam		cōnfīgās		cōnfīgat		cōnfīgāmus		cōnfīgātis		cōnfīgant
	imperfect	cōnfīgerem		cōnfīgerēs		cōnfīgeret		cōnfīgerēmus		cōnfīgerētis		cōnfīgerent
	perfect	cōnfīxerim		cōnfīxerīs		cōnfīxerit		cōnfīxerīmus		cōnfīxerītis		cōnfīxerint
	pluperfect	cōnfīxissem		cōnfīxissēs		cōnfīxisset		cōnfīxissēmus		cōnfīxissētis		cōnfīxissent
passive	present	cōnfīgar		cōnfīgāris, cōnfīgāre		cōnfīgātur		cōnfīgāmur		cōnfīgāminī		cōnfīgantur
	imperfect	cōnfīgerer		cōnfīgerēris, cōnfīgerēre		cōnfīgerētur		cōnfīgerēmur		cōnfīgerēminī		cōnfīgerentur
	perfect	cōnfīxus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnfīge		—		—		cōnfīgite		—
	future	—		cōnfīgitō		cōnfīgitō		—		cōnfīgitōte		cōnfīguntō
passive	present	—		cōnfīgere		—		—		cōnfīgiminī		—
	future	—		cōnfīgitor		cōnfīgitor		—		—		cōnfīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnfīgere			cōnfīgī			cōnfīgēns			—
future		cōnfīxūrum esse			cōnfīxum īrī			cōnfīxūrus			cōnfīgendus, cōnfīgundus
perfect		cōnfīxisse			cōnfīxum esse			—			cōnfīxus
future perfect		—			cōnfīxum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnfīxūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnfīgendī		cōnfīgendō		cōnfīgendum		cōnfīgendō		cōnfīxum		cōnfīxū

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.