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
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..."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..."