fligo
From LSJ
πάλαι ποτ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι → the Milesians were mighty once
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
flīgo: ĕre, v. a. Gr. φλάω, φλίβω>, = θλάω, θλίβω>,, to crush; Lat. flagellum; cf. flagitare, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 477,
I to strike, strike down (ante-class.): fligi affligi: ipsus se in terram saucius fligit cadens, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 110, 29 sq. (Trag. Rel. v. 12 Rib.); so Att. ap. Non. 1. 1. (v. 317 Rib.): naves ad saxa, Lucr. 5, 1001 Lachm. N. cr. (al. lidebant or laedebant; v. Munro ad loc. 3d ed.).
