fustigo

See also: fustigó and fustigò

Catalan

Verb

fustigo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fustigar

Italian

Verb

fustigo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fustigare

Latin

Etymology

From fūstis (a club, cudgel) +‎ -igō (act with, do something with), the latter a suffixal form of agō (I do, act). The long -ī- can be explained as a retention of the i-stem + the initial vowel of -igō, cf. vectīgal, castīgō, and possibly fatīgō.

Pronunciation

Verb

fūstīgō (present infinitive fūstīgāre, perfect active fūstīgāvī, supine fūstīgātum); first conjugation

  1. to club someone to death
    • c. 480 CE – 489 CE, Victor Vitensis, Historia persecutionis Africae provinciae 2.14:
      In episcopos saevitia. [...] Tunc et venerabiles Mansuetum, Germanum, Fusculum, et multos alios fustigavit.
      Fierce violence against bishops. [...] Therefore he beat the venerable Mansuetus, Germanus and Fusculus, and many others, with a club to death.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: fustigare
  • Old Spanish: fostigar, fostiar
  • Catalan: fustigar
  • Middle French: fustiger
  • Galician: fustrigar, frustigar
  • Portuguese: fustigar
  • Spanish: fustigar

References

Portuguese

Verb

fustigo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fustigar

Spanish

Verb

fustigo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fustigar