Fligo, gis, xi, ctum, gere, verbum antiquum. To torment or vere: to strike or dash against. quo
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
flīgo, ĕre, v. a. [Gr. fla/w, fli/bw, = qla/w, qli/bw,, 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.).