defixum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defixus, defixa, defixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
motionless, still;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...horrida sertis.ut pauidos iuuenis comites ipsumque trementemconspicit exanimi defixum lumina uoltu,'ponite' ait 'trepida conceptos mente timores..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...insidiarum, cui commissum esset ferrum. 10. Et cum defixum videret nec ex conventione iam, sed ex conscientia tacentem..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...occisus est inventusque postero die habens gladium filii defixum in vulnere, pariete ab ipsius ad filii cubiculum vestigiis..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...proruit. invadit totusque incumbit Iason desuper atque suis defixum flatibus urget utque dedit vinclis validoque obstrinxit aratro suscitat..."