abigo
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Latin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ab- (“of, from”) agō (“do, act, make; drive”), with Old Latin vowel reduction.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡoː/, [ˈäbɪɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡo/, [ˈäːbiɡo]
Verb
[edit]abigō (present infinitive abigere, perfect active abēgī, supine abāctum); third conjugation
- to drive away (particularly cattle)
- to deter, discourage, frighten away
- (medicine) to remove a disease
- (medicine) to force birth, cause an abortion
- to steal the cattle
- Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 7:
- boves mira specie abegisse
- [Hercules] stole his cattle, which were of marvellous beauty
- boves mira specie abegisse
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- “abigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY OLIVETTI