defixi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defixus, defixa, defixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
motionless, still;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...nunc trepidis et exilientibus, nunc in uno obtutu defixis et haerentibus; 2. adice dentium inter se arietatorum..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Homerus Vlixis exemplo, quem stetisse oculis in terram defixis inmotoque sceptro priusquam illam eloquentiae procellam effunderet dicit..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...quae extra murum ad portum ferebant, maximis defixis trabibus atque eis praeacutis praesepit. His paratis rebus milites silentio..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Itaque velut demerso ab admiratione animo cum silentio defixi stetissent, repente, postquam cervice caesa fusus est cruor..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...miraculum victoriae tam repentinae tenuit, et ipsi pavore defixi primum steterunt, velut ignari quid accidisset; deinde insidias vereri..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanus nec promovit aciem, nec clamorem reddi passus defixis pilis stare suos iussit: ubi ad manum venisset hostis..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...imperatoris et praesidere simul parabat, nisi ceteris pavore defixis Seneca admonuisset, venienti matri occurrere. ita specie pietatis obviam..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...praeter miseros illos, qui primi interrogabantur? Ceteri quidem defixi et attoniti ipsam illam mutam ac sedentariam assentiendi necessitatem..."
