inflict Copy link Outline I. To lay on, bring upon1. inflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (violently2. infĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, irr. (to bring upon, in any way3. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to drive home a thrust)4. impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (only fig.)II. To impose punishment or a fine • inflict: I. To lay on, bring upon: 1. inflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (violently: with acc. and dat.): to i. a deadly blow (fig.), mortiferam plagam inf., Cic. Vat. 8, 20: to i. loss upon the state, damna civitati inf., Just. 3, 5, med. 2. infĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, irr. (to bring upon, in any way: with acc. and dat.): (the missiles) i.'d many wounds upon our men, multa nostris vulnera inferebant, Caes. B. C. 2, 6: v. TO BRING UPON. 3. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to drive home a thrust): he i.'d a wound through the helmet, vulnus per galeam adegit, Tac. Ann. 1, 61: Virg. 4. impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (only fig.): to i. wounds upon the commonwealth, reipublicae vulnera imp., Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 66. Phr.: to i. blows upon any one, colaphos alicui infringere, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; incutere, Juv. 9, 5: to i. an injury, injuriam offerre, facere, etc. (v. injury). II. To impose punishment or a fine: Phr.: to i. punishment upon any one, poenam capere de aliquo, Liv. 2, 5, med.; in aliquem, Curt. 4, 6, fin.; supplicium [usu. of capital punishment] de aliquo sumere, Caes. B. G. 6, 44: Cic.; poenâ aliquem afficere, Cic. Off. 2, 5, extr.: to i. a fine, multam (alicui) irrogare, Cic. Mil. 14, 36.