crucifigo

Latin

Etymology

From crux +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kru.kiˈfiː.ɡoː/, [krʊkɪˈfiːɡoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kru.t͡ʃiˈfi.ɡo/, [krut͡ʃiˈfiːɡo]

Verb

crucifīgō (present infinitive crucifīgere, perfect active crucifīxī, supine crucifīxum); third conjugation

to crucify, fix on a cross

Conjugation

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Descendants

Italian: crocifiggere
Late Latin: crucificō (altered by association with the suffix -ficō)
- → Catalan: crucificar (learned)
- Old French: crucefier
  - → Middle English: crucifien, crucefye, crucyfyen
    - English: crucify
    - Scots: crucifee
  - French: crucifier
    - Romanian: crucifica
- 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

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