defigo

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēfīgō (present infinitive dēfīgere, perfect active dēfīxī, supine dēfīxum); third conjugation

  1. to stick or thrust (a weapon)
  2. to fix, plant or embed
    Synonyms: collocō, loco, statuō, pōnō, fīgō, cōnstituō, impōnō, sisto
  3. to attach or fasten, affix
    Synonyms: colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō
    Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
  4. to bewitch or enchant (by sticking pins in a model)
  5. to focus (eyes or thoughts)
  6. to dumbfound or astonish, stupefy
    Synonyms: attonō, astupeō, admīror, mīror, obstupēscō, stupēscō, stupeō
  7. to fix with a glance

Conjugation

References

  • defigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • defigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • defigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fix all one's thoughts on an object: mentem in aliqua re defigere
    • to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare: omnes curas in rei publicae salute defigere (Phil. 14. 5. 13)
    • to plunge a dagger, knife in some one's heart: sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere (Liv. 1. 58)