fligo
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
Latin > English
fligo fligere, -, - V TRANS :: beat or dash down
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.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flīgō, īxī, īctum, ĕre, tr., heurter, frapper : Andr. d. Non. 110 ; 29 ; Acc. Tr. 22 ; 317.
Latin > German (Georges)
flīgo, ere (φλίβω), schlagen, anschlagen, naves ad saxa virosque, *Lucr. 5, 999: se in terram, Liv. Andr. tr. 12. – bes. zu Boden schlagen, stirpem funditus fligi, Acc. tr. 22: fligi socios, Acc. tr. 317.
