confixus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...imapuppe sed expositus fraternaque pectore nudoarma tegens, crebra confixus cuspide perstat 620telaque multorum leto casura suorumemerita iam morte..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...amplius quam decurio equitum audentius progressus et sagittis confixus ceteros ad obsequium exemplo firmaverat, propinquis tam tenebris abscessit..."