defixas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defixus, defixa, defixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
motionless, still;
acc. pl. (f.) - 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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...propius? hic ferrum abdidit Reclinis hastae, et arma defixa incubat. Ad te preces nunc, nate, maternas feram..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...camera pendebat, et duae tabulae in utroque poste defixae, quarum altera, si bene memini, hoc habebat inscriptum..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iubar et certi tandem discriminis horas. tunc defixa solo coetuque intenta silenti versus ad ora virum 'quod primum..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...attonitis (longum dimittere habenas) sicut erat, tantum uiridi defixa parumper caespite populeo commendat spicula trunco. tunc uero exanimes..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sacerque tiaras Iliadumque labor vestes.' Talibus Ilionei dictis defixa Latinus obtutu tenet ora soloque immobilis haeret, intentos volvens..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arma procul currusque virum miratur inanis; stant terra defixae hastae passimque soluti per campum pascuntur equi. quae gratia..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...abiungens fraterna morte iuuencum, atque opere in medio defixa reliquit aratra. non umbrae altorum nemorum, non mollia possunt..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...trepidans adstringit vincula motu: sic, ut quaeque solo defixa cohaeserat harum, exsternata fugam frustra temptabat, at illam lenta..."