flīgo, ĕre, v. a. [Gr. φλάω, φλίβω, = θλάω, θλίβω,, to crush; Lat. flagellum; cf. flagitare, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 477],
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.).