affligo

ad-flīgō (aff-) īxī, īctus, ere,

to dash at, strike upon, throw down, overthrow: statuam: monumentum: si quo adflictae casu conciderunt (alces), Cs.: ad quos (scopulos) adflictam navem videres.— Meton., to damage, injure, shatter: tempestas naves adflixit, ita ut, etc., Cs.—Fig., to ruin, damage, injure, harass, distress, overthrow: senectus me: ad adfligendum equestrem ordinem, humiliating: qui (milites) cum uno genere morbi adfligerentur, were decimated: cum reflavit (fortuna), adfligimur, we are shipwrecked: amissi eius desiderio adflictus, distressed, Cu.: vectigalia bellis adfliguntur, suffer: causam susceptam, i. e. abandon a cause once undertaken.—To cast down, dishearten: animos metu.