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in-flīgo , ixi, ictum, 3, v. a.,
I.to strike a thing on or against (syn.: incutere, illidere).
I. Lit.: “alicui securim,” Cic. Planc. 29, 70: “cratera viro,” Ov. M. 5, 83: “caput suum parietibus,” Lact. de Mort. Pers. 49: “puppis inflicta vadis,” dashed against, Verg. A. 10, 303: “inflicta terga,” struck, beaten, Val. Fl. 4, 281. —
B. Trop.: “cum ex verbo adversarii aliquid in ipsum infligitur,” is hurled at, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255.—
II. Transf., to inflict by striking: “mortiferam plagam infligere,” Cic. Vatin. 8, 20: “vulnera,” id. Pis. 14, 32.—
B. In gen., to inflict, impose upon: “infligere alicui turpitudinem,” Cic. Pis. 26, 63: “detrimenta civitati,” Just. 3, 5: “fuit consuetudo, ut, intra certa tempora non latis usuris, graviores infligerentur,” laid upon, imposed, Dig. 22, 1, 11: “alicui pretium rei emptae,” ib. 3, 5, 30.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 8.20
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 29.70
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 14.32
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 26.63
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.83
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.303
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.63
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.281
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