defigit
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. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...genas oculisque vagantem nullaque virginei servantem signa pudoris defigit comitique obliquo lumine monstrat. quid nisi praecipitem blando complexa..."Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...transversas viis praeducit atque ibi sudes stipitesque praeacutos defigit. Haec levibus cratibus terraque inaequat; aditus autem atque itinera..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imperet, dabo." Male sustinenti arma gladium superne iugulo defigit, iacentem spoliat. Romani ouantes ac gratulantes Horatium accipiunt..."