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
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..."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..."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..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Itaque velut demerso ab admiratione animo cum silentio defixi stetissent, repente, postquam cervice caesa fusus est cruor..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...miraculum victoriae tam repentinae tenuit, et ipsi pavore defixi primum steterunt, velut ignari quid accidisset; deinde insidias vereri..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanus nec promovit aciem, nec clamorem reddi passus defixis pilis stare suos iussit: ubi ad manum venisset hostis..."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..."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..."