defigere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defigo, defigere, defixi, defixus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/bury/stick/thrust (weapon); fasten, fix, plant, embed; attach/affix;; declare firmly/unalterably; bewitch/enchant/curse (stick pin in wax);; focus (thoughts/eyes); dumbfound, astonish/stupefy, fix w/glance; censure;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Iuno duces, mitissime diuum Somne, iubet populumque trucis defigere Cadmi, qui nunc euentu belli tumefactus Achaeum peruigil adseruat..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sedem profugo. potuit Latonia frater saxa (nec inuideo) defigere Delon et imis commendare fretis; cara summouit ab arce..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...electus agit: nec turba piarum Scyriadum cessat nimio defigere visu virginis ora novae, quantum cervice comisque emineat quantumque..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere. VII. Nunc vero quae tua est ista vita..."