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  • 1 defigo

    dē-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to fasten down or in; and with especial reference to the terminus, to drive, fix, or fasten into (class.). —
    I.
    Lit.: in campo Martio crucem ad civium supplicium defigi et constitui jubes, Cic. Rab. perd. 4; so,

    tigna machinationibus immissa in flumen,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

    sudes sub aqua,

    id. ib. 5, 18, 3:

    asseres in terra defigebantur,

    id. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 44, 5:

    verutum in balteo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 7:

    sicam in consulis corpore,

    to thrust, Cic. Cat. 1, 6; cf.:

    cultrum in corde,

    Liv. 1, 58 fin.:

    tellure hastas,

    Verg. A. 12, 130; cf. id. ib. 6, 652:

    gladium superne jugulo,

    Liv. 1, 25; cf. Ov. M. 13, 436 al.: cruci defiguntur, Varr. ap. Non. 221, 13:

    arborem penitus terrae,

    Verg. G. 2, 290:

    te hodie, si prehendero, defigam in terram colaphis,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 22 (for which, shortly after, cruci affigere):

    morsus in aurem,

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 34:

    clavum percussum malleo in cerebrum,

    Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; Eccles. 12, 11. —
    B.
    Meton. (Causa pro effectu.) To fix, fasten, render immovable (rare):

    defixa caelo sidera,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 5; cf. Ov. M. 11, 76:

    defixere aciem in his vestigiis,

    have fixed them motionless, Tac. Agr. 34; cf.:

    defixi et Neronem intuentes,

    id. A. 13, 16:

    sedeo defixus,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1:

    me defixum in ora, etc.,

    Prop. 1, 8, 15.—
    C.
    Esp. in phrase, manus defigere, to strike hands, i. e., to close a contract as surety, to pledge one's person, Vulg. Prov. 6, 1; 22, 26.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to fix, fasten; to turn intently in any direction:

    virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

    oculos in vultu regis,

    Curt. 7, 8:

    iratos oculos in te,

    Ov. Am. 2, 18, 15:

    in alicujus possessiones oculos defigere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10:

    oculos defigere in terram,

    Quint. 11, 3, 158; Curt. 9, 3.— Absol.:

    oculos,

    to let fall, cast down, Tac. A. 3, 1:

    Aeneas defixus lumina,

    Verg. A. 6, 156:

    animos in ea, quae perspicua sunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15:

    disputare non vaganti oratione, sed defixa in una republica,

    id. Rep. 1, 11; cf.:

    in eo mentem orationemque defigit,

    id. de Or. 3, 8, 31:

    omnes suas curas in reip. salute,

    id. Phil. 14, 5, 13; id. Verr. 1, 3; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To strike motionless, sc. with astonishment, etc.; to stupefy, astound, astonish (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    utraque simul objecta res oculis animisque immobiles parumper eos defixit,

    Liv. 21, 33; so,

    aliquem,

    id. 3, 47; 6, 40 al.: silentium triste ita defixit omnium animos, ut, etc., Liv. 1, 29.—In the part. perf.:

    dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,

    Verg. A. 1, 495; 6, 156; 7, 249; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 14; Liv. 8, 7; Tac. A. 1, 68; 13, 5 et saep.—
    2.
    Religious t. t.
    * a.
    To declare fixedly, firmly, unalterably:

    QVAE AVGVR VITIOSA, DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin. —
    b.
    (Because, in making imprecations, the waxen image of him for whom destruction was to be prepared, or his name written in wax, was stuck through with a needle; cf. Ov. H. 6, 91 sq., and Voss upon Verg. E. 8, 80.) To bewitch, enchant; to curse any thing:

    caput alicujus dira imprecatione,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 35:

    defigi imprecationibus,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19:

    nomina cerā,

    Ov. Am. 3, 7, 29; cf.:

    DEFIXA NOMINA,

    Inscr. Orell. 3726:

    regis animum Iolchiacis votis,

    Verg. Cir. 376.—
    3.
    To censure, reprove a thing:

    culpam,

    Pers. 5, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > defigo

  • 2 dē-fīgō

        dē-fīgō fīxī, fīxus, ere,    to fasten, fix, set, drive, set up, plant: crucem ad civium supplicium defigi iubes: sudes sub aquā, Cs.: asseres in terrā defigebantur, Cs.: sicam in corpore: cultrum in corde, L.: telluri hastas, V.: terrae defigitur arbos, V.—To fix, fasten, render immovable: defixa caelo sidera, H.: aciem in his vestigiis, Ta.: defixa relinquit aratra, at rest, V. — Fig., to fix, fasten, centre: alqd in mentibus vestris: omnia rei p. subsidia in hoc iudicio defixa.—To turn intently, fix, direct: in cuius possessiones oculos: Aeneas defixus lumina, V.: in eo mentem: curas in rei p. salute: Libyae defixit lumina regnis, V.: defixi ora tenebant, in rapt attention, V.—To strike motionless, stupefy, astound, astonish: omnīs admi ratione, L.: omnium animos, L.: silentio defixi, L.: ob metum defixus, Ta.: Defixis oculis torpet, H. — To declare unalterably: quae augur vitiosa defixerit.—To bewitch, enchant: nomina cerā, O.

    Latin-English dictionary > dē-fīgō

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