figo

English

Noun

figo (plural figos)

  1. Alternative form of fico
    • Washington Irving
      A figo for the governor, and a figo for his flag.

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iɡo

Noun

figo (accusative singular figon, plural figoj, accusative plural figojn)

  1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig tree, fig (fruit)”).

Noun

figo m (plural figos)

  1. fig (fruit)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto figo, English fig, French figue, German Feige, Italian fico, Russian фи́га (fíga), Spanish higo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfiɡo/

Noun

figo (plural figi)

  1. fig (fruit)

Derived terms
  • figiereyo (“fig garden”)
  • figiero (“fig (tree)”)

Italian

Adjective

figo (feminine singular figa, masculine plural fighi, feminine plural fighe)

  1. (slang, northern Italy) Synonym of fico; great, cool

Latin

Etymology

Back-formed from the perfect fīxī, replacing earlier fīvō, from Proto-Italic *feigʷō (with fīxus for fictus after fīxī), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”). Cognates include English ditch, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk, German Deich (“dike”) and Teich (“pond”) (all from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”), Sanskrit देहि (dehi-, “wall”) and देह (deha, “body”).

Pronunciation

Verb

fīgō (present infinitive fīgere, perfect active fīxī, supine fīxum); third conjugation

  1. I fasten, fix
  2. I transfix, pierce
  3. I drive nails

Inflection
  • The fourth principal part may also be fīctum.
   Conjugation of figo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fīgō fīgis fīgit fīgimus fīgitis fīgunt
imperfect fīgēbam fīgēbās fīgēbat fīgēbāmus fīgēbātis fīgēbant
future fīgam fīgēs fīget fīgēmus fīgētis fīgent
perfect fīxī fīxistī fīxit fīximus fīxistis fīxērunt, fīxēre
pluperfect fīxeram fīxerās fīxerat fīxerāmus fīxerātis fīxerant
future perfect fīxerō fīxeris fīxerit fīxerimus fīxeritis fīxerint
passive present fīgor fīgeris, fīgere fīgitur fīgimur fīgiminī fīguntur
imperfect fīgēbar fīgēbāris, fīgēbāre fīgēbātur fīgēbāmur fīgēbāminī fīgēbantur
future fīgar fīgēris, fīgēre fīgētur fīgēmur fīgēminī fīgentur
perfect fīxus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fīxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fīgam fīgās fīgat fīgāmus fīgātis fīgant
imperfect fīgerem fīgerēs fīgeret fīgerēmus fīgerētis fīgerent
perfect fīxerim fīxerīs fīxerit fīxerimus fīxeritis fīxerint
pluperfect fīxissem fīxissēs fīxisset fīxissēmus fīxissētis fīxissent
passive present fīgar fīgāris, fīgāre fīgātur fīgāmur fīgāminī fīgantur
imperfect fīgerer fīgerēris, fīgerēre fīgerētur fīgerēmur fīgerēminī fīgerentur
perfect fīxus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fīge — — fīgite —
future — fīgitō fīgitō — fīgitōte fīguntō
passive present — fīgere — — fīgiminī —
future — fīgitor fīgitor — — fīguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fīgere fīxisse fīxūrus esse fīgī fīxus esse fīxum īrī
participles fīgēns — fīxūrus — fīxus fīgendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
fīgere fīgendī fīgendō fīgendum fīxum fīxū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • figo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • figo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • figo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to keep one's eyes on the ground: oculos figere in terra and in terram
  • figo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Portuguese
figos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig tree, fig (fruit)”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ɡu/, [ˈfi.ɣu]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧go

Noun

figo m (plural figos)

  1. fig (fruit)

Swahili

Noun

figo (ma class, plural mafigo)

  1. kidney
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