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fligo

Pronunciation: [ˈfliː.ɡoː]

“fligo” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to strike, strike down

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to strike”), cognate to Ancient Greek φλίβω (phlíbō), θλίβω (thlíbō, “to rub, crush”), Lithuanian bláižyti (“to tear off, to scar”), Latvian bliêzt (“to beat”), Russian близ (bliz, “near”), Czech blizna (“stigma, the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”), Welsh blif (“catapult”).

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