confixum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →configo, configere, confixi, confixus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fasten/nail together, construct; set/cover with studs/points; drive in (nails);; pierce through, transfix; strike down, pierce with a weapon;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...terras, fuge litus auarum: nam Polydorus ego. hic confixum ferrea texit telorum seges et iaculis increvit acutis..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...receptui est datum, quod Cn. Scipionis femur tragula confixum erat pauorque circa eum ceperat milites ne mortiferum esset..."