Lewis Short
(verb) : in-flīgo, ixi, ictum, 3
* To strike a thing on or against (syn.: incutere, illidere).
* Lit.: alicui securim,Cic. Planc. 29, 70: cratera viro,Ov. M. 5, 83: caput suum parietibus,Lact. de Mort. Pers. 49: puppis inflicta vadis,dashed against,Verg. A. 10, 303: inflicta terga,struck, beaten,Val. Fl. 4, 281.
* Trop.: cum ex verbo adversarii aliquid in ipsum infligitur,is hurled at,Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255.
* Transf., to inflict by striking: mortiferam plagam infligere,Cic. Vatin. 8, 20: vulnera,id. Pis. 14, 32.
* In gen., to inflict, impose upon: infligere alicui turpitudinem,Cic. Pis. 26, 63: detrimenta civitati,Just. 3, 5: fuit consuetudo, ut, intra certa tempora non latis usuris, graviores infligerentur,laid upon, imposed,Dig. 22, 1, 11: alicui pretium rei emptae,ib. 3, 5, 30.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary