Infligo

Latin-English

inflīg|ō, -ĕre, inflixī, inflictum. (inˈfli.ɡo) v. trans.

1. To strike against.
2. To inflict.

[in + fligo.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, In Pisonem 26.63:

Iam vides—quoniam quidem ita mihimet fui inimicus ut me tecum compararem—et digressum meum et absentiam et reditum ita longe tuo praestitisse ut mihi illa omnia immortalem gloriam dederint, tibi sempiternam turpitudinem inflixerint.

You see, now—since I've been such an enemy to myself as to compare myself to you—that my departure and my absence and my return so far surpass yours that for me they will all yield undying glory; for you they will inflict eternal disgrace.