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Ăgăthō̆cles, is, m., = Agathoklês.

A king of Sicily, son of a potter, celebrated for his war with the Carthaginians for the possession of the island; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; Val. Max. 7, 4, 1 ext.; and esp. Just. 22, 1 sq.—Hence, Ăgăthō̆clēus, a, um, adj., = Agathokleios, of or pertaining to King Agathocles:

tropaea,

Sil. 14, 652.—

The author of a history of Cyzicus, Cic. Div. 1, 24.

Ăgăthō̆cles, is, m., = Agathoklês.

A king of Sicily, son of a potter, celebrated for his war with the Carthaginians for the possession of the island; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; Val. Max. 7, 4, 1 ext.; and esp. Just. 22, 1 sq.—Hence, Ăgăthō̆clēus, a, um, adj., = Agathokleios, of or pertaining to King Agathocles:

tropaea,

Sil. 14, 652.—

The author of a history of Cyzicus, Cic. Div. 1, 24.

amnis, is, m. ( fem., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 18; Naev. and Att. ap. Non. 191, 33; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; cf. Prisc. pp. 652 and 658 P.; Rudd. I. p. 26, n. 37; Schneid. Gram. 2, 98; abl. regularly amne;

but freq. amni in the poets,

Verg. G. 1, 203; 3, 447; Hor. S. 1, 10, 62; Col. R. R. 10, 136;

also in prose,

Liv. 21, 5; 21, 27 al.; cf. Prisc. p. 766; Rhem. Pal. 1374 P.; Rudd. I. p. 85, n. 85) [qs. for apnis from Sanscr. ap = water; n. plur. āpas. Van.; v. aqua], orig., any broad and deep-flowing, rapid water; a stream, torrent, river (hence, esp. in the poets, sometimes for a rapidly-flowing stream or a torrent rushing down from a mountain = torrens; sometimes for a large river, opp. fluvius (a common river); sometimes also for the ocean as flowing round the land; it most nearly corresponds with our stream; in prose not often used before the histt. of the Aug. per.; in Cic. only in Aratus and in his more elevated prose; never in his Epistt.).

Lit.: acervos altā in amni, Att., Trag. Rel. p. 178 Rib.: apud abundantem antiquam amnem et rapidas undas Inachi, Att. ap. Non. 192, 4 (Trag. Rel. p. 175 Rib.):

Sic quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur,

Naev. Trag. Rel. p. 12 Rib.; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 15:

molibus incurrit validis cum viribus amnis,

Lucr. 1, 288 (v. the whole magnificent description, 1, 282- 290):

Nilus unicus in terris, Aegypti totius amnis,

id. 6, 714:

ruunt de montibus amnes,

Verg. A. 4, 164:

amnes magnitudinis vastae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 19.—Also in distinction from the sea:

cum pontus et amnes cuncti invicem commeant,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2.—On the contr. of the ocean, acc. to the Gr. Ôkeanos potamos (Hom. Od. 11, 639):

Oceani amnis,

the ocean-stream, Verg. G. 4, 233:

quā fluitantibus undis Solis anhelantes abluit amnis equos,

Tib. 2, 5, 60: Nox Mundum caeruleo laverat amne rotas, id. 3, 4, 18 al.—

Transf.

Poet., of the constellation Eridanus:

Eridanum cernes funestum magnis cum viribus amnem,

Cic. Arat. 145 (as a transl. of the Gr. leipsanon Êridanoio, poluklaustou potamoio, Arat. Phaenom. 360): Scorpios exoriens cum clarus fugerit amnis, Germanic. Arat. 648; cf. id. ib. 362. —

Also poet. and in post-class. prose, any thing flowing, liquid, Verg. A. 12, 417; 7, 465:

amnis musti,

Pall. 11, 14, 18.—

Of a writer, whose eloquence is thus compared to a flowing stream (v. flumen, II. B. and fluo, II. 2. B. 1.): alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis (i. e. a noiseless stream flowing on in majestic size and fulness) fluit;

alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,

Cic. Or. 12, 39.—

Like flumen, as abstr., a current, stream: secundo amni, down or with the stream, Verg. G. 3, 447:

adverso amne,

up the stream, Curt. 10, 1 al.

arcesso (and accerso), īvi, ītum, 3, v. a. ( inf. arcessire and arcessiri, like lacessiri instead of lacessi, freq. and in the best class. writers, though the MSS. and editt. vary very much; cf. Struve, p. 198.—The form accerso, used freq. by Sall., has been unjustly repudiated; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 281 sq.; Kritz ad Sall. C. 40, 6, and the grammarians cited by both;

Dietsch,

Sall. II. p. 145; Rib. prol. in Verg. p. 388) [causat. from accedo; cf. incesso from incedo; ar = ad].

Lit., to cause any one to come, to call, send for, invite, summon, fetch (while accio designates merely the calling, without indicating the coming of the person called, Doed. Syn. III. p. 283).

In gen.:

aliquem ad aliquem,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 1:

Blepharonem arcessat, qui nobiscum prandeat,

id. Am. 3, 2, 70:

quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 29; so id. Bacch. 2, 3, 120; 4, 6, 26; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28; so,

arcessiturus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 23; 3, 4, 11:

arcessitum,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 12:

jussit me ad se accersier,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 4 Bentl., where Fleck. reads arcessier:

obstetricem arcesse,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 56; so id. ib. 5, 7, 6; and id. Eun. 3, 5, 44 al.:

cum ab aratro arcessebantur, qui consules fierent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18:

sacra ab exteris nationibus ascita atque arcessita,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 51 fin.; so id. ib. 5, 18:

ejus librum arcessivi,

id. Att. 16, 11:

ex continenti alios (fabros) accersi jubet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 Dinter:

Gabinium accersit,

Sall. C. 40, 6; so id. ib. 52, 24;

60, 4: cunctos senatorii ordinis accersiri jubet,

id. J. 62, 4; so id. ib. 113, 4:

Agrippam ad se arcessi jussit,

Nep. Att. 21, 4:

Pisonem arcessi jubet,

Tac. H. 1, 14 al.:

placere patrem arcessiri,

Liv. 3, 45:

aliquem ab Epidauro Romam arcessendum,

id. 10, 47:

Ityn huc arcessite,

Ov. M. 6, 652; so id. ib. 15, 640; Hor. S. 2, 3, 261:

sin melius quid (sc. vini) habes, arcesse,

order it, let it be brought, id. Ep. 1, 5, 6 al. — Trop.:

Illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit jumento suo, prov.,

this man brings misfortunes upon his own head, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 171:

quies molli strato arcessita,

Liv. 21, 4; so,

somnum medicamentis,

Cels. 3, 18:

gloriam ex periculo,

Curt. 8, 13 fin. al.—

Esp. in judic. lang., to summon, arraign one, before a court of justice; hence, in gen., to accuse, inform against; constr. aliquem alicujus rei:

ut hunc hoc judicio arcesseret,

Cic. Fl. 6; so id. Rab. Perd. 9:

ne quem umquam innocentem judicio capitis arcessas,

to accuse of a capital crime, id. Off. 2, 14, 51:

aliquem capitis,

id. Deiot. 11:

pecuniae captae,

Sall. J. 32, 1:

majestatis,

Tac. A. 2, 50:

tumultus hostilis,

id. ib. 4, 29:

veneni crimine,

Suet. Tib. 53; also absol.:

arcessiri statim ac mori jussus est,

id. Claud. 37.— Trop.: inscitiae, Nigid. ap Gell. 19, 14. —

Transf. to mental objects, to bring, fetch, seek, or derive a subject, thought, quality, etc.:

a capite quod velimus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117; so id. Top. 9:

translationes orationi splendoris aliquid arcessunt,

id. de Or. 3, 38, 156:

ex medio res arcessere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 168:

longe arcessere fabulas coepi,

to fetch from far, Petr. 37.—Hence, arcessitus (in opp. to that which comes of itself, and is therefore natural), far-fetched, forced, unnatural (syn. durus):

cavendum est, ne arcessitum dictum putetur,

that an expression may not appear forced, far-fetched, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

frigidi et arcessiti joci,

Suet. Claud. 21:

in Lysiā nihil est inane, nihil arcessitum,

Quint. 10, 1, 78; cf. id. 2, 4, 3; 9, 3, 74; 12, 10, 40 al.

atta, like the Gr. atta, a salutation used to old men, father; taken from the lang. of children (cf. Eust. ad Il. 1, 603), Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.

Atta, ae, m., a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from aittô = aissô, to spring, to hop). So the comic poet, C. Quintius Atta († 652 A.U.C.), of whose writings fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 71; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 120; Both. Fragm. Poet. Scen. II. p. 97 sq.;

Fest. l. l. Upon the signif. of the name Horace plays with the words: Recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79; cf. Weich. Poet. Lat. p. 345 sq.—The ancestor of the Gens Claudia was an Atta, Suet. Tib. 1.

atta, like the Gr. atta, a salutation used to old men, father; taken from the lang. of children (cf. Eust. ad Il. 1, 603), Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.

Atta, ae, m., a surname for persons who walk upon the tips of their shoes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll. (prob. from aittô = aissô, to spring, to hop). So the comic poet, C. Quintius Atta († 652 A.U.C.), of whose writings fragments yet remain; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 71; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 120; Both. Fragm. Poet. Scen. II. p. 97 sq.;

Fest. l. l. Upon the signif. of the name Horace plays with the words: Recte necne crocum floresque perambulet Attae Fabula, si dubitem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 79; cf. Weich. Poet. Lat. p. 345 sq.—The ancestor of the Gens Claudia was an Atta, Suet. Tib. 1.

bĭpennis ( - pinnis), e, adj. [bispenna], having two wings, two-winged (very rare):

insectum,

Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 96 (cf. just before, binis advolat pinnis): plumae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 17.

bĭpennis, e ( acc. sing. reg. bipennem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 19; Verg. A. 5, 307; 11, 651; Petr. 132, 8; Juv. 6, 657; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 333; Sil. 5, 64: bipennim, only in Ov. M. 8, 766, with the var. lect. bipennem.— Abl. sing. reg. bipenni, Verg. A. 2, 479; Ov. M. 12, 611; Petr. 89, 24; Sen. Herc. Oet. 800; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 345; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 79; 3, 377; Sil. 16, 264;

and in prose,

Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26:

bipenne, only once,

Tib. 1, 6, 47) [bis-pinna].

Adj., having two edges, two-edged: securis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 19:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 11, 135.—Far more freq.,

Subst.: bĭpen-nis, is, f. (sc. securis; cf. Prisc. p. 652 P.), an axe with two edges, a battle-axe (mostly poet.; only found in the nom., dat., acc., and abl. sing., and in nom. and abl. plur.):

bipennis dicitur, quod ex utrāque parte habeat acutam aciem, quasi duas pennas. Pennum autem antiqui acutum dicebant,

Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11; cf. id. ib. 11, 1, 46:

a pinnā (quod est acutum) securis utrinque habens aciem bipennis,

Quint. 1, 4, 12:

correptā dura bipenni Limina perrumpit,

Verg. A. 2, 479; 2, 627; 11, 135; id. G. 4, 331; Ov. M. 5, 79; 12, 611; Phaedr. 4, 6, 7; Tac. Agr. 10:

duris ut ilex tonsa bipennibus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 57; so Claud. in Eutr. 2, 414; id. Laud. Stil. 1, 231; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26; Sil. 16, 264.

carcer, ĕris, m. [Sicilian karkaron; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; etym. dub.; cf. scrinium], an enclosed place; hence,

A prison, jail (syn.:

custodia, vincula): si tresviri me in carcerem conpegerint,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; Lucr. 3, 1016; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22 sq.; Liv. 6, 36, 112 al.:

carcer, quem vindicem scelerum majores nostri esse voluerunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27.

Poet., of the custody of the winds, Verg. A. 1, 54; Ov. M. 4, 663; 14, 224; id. F. 2, 456;

and of the lower world: carcer inferorum,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1222:

Ditis,

Luc. 6, 797.— Trop., of the chains of the body:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14; so id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Luc. 6, 721.—

Esp., the Roman State-prison, close to the Forum, at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the right of the Sacra Via, built by Ancus Marcius, Liv. 1, 33, 8; extended under ground by Servius Tullius; hence this part of the prison is called Tullianum. Varr. L. L. 5, § 151, p. 42 Bip.; Cic. Sull. 25, 70; Sall. C. 55, 3; Liv. 1, 33, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51 al.; cf.:

in inferiorem demissus carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44, 8:

in carcerem conditi,

id. 29, 22, 7; cf. also Fest. p. 356 Müll., and Becker. Antiq. 1, 262 sq.; v. also Tullianum and robur, II. A.—

Meton.

The imprisoned criminals: in me carcerem effudistis, [p. 291] Cic. Pis. 7, 16.—

As a term of reproach ( = carcerarius), jail-bird, scapegallows: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 26; Ter. Phorm. l. l.—

The barrier or starting-place in the race-course (opp. meta or calx; v. h. vv.); usu. in plur., carceres, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; Lucr. 2, 264; 4, 990; Cic. Brut. 47, 173; Verg. G. 1, 512; * Hor. S. 1, 1, 114 al. —In sing. (mostly poet.), Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (v. 88 Vahl.); Tib. 1, 4, 32 (imitated by Ov. H. 18, 166); Auct. Her. 4, 3, 4; Verg. G. 3, 104; id. A. 5, 145 Serv.; Ov. M. 10, 652; id. Tr. 5, 9, 29; 5, 12, 26; Suet. Caes. 21; Stat. Th. 6, 522.—

Trop., the commencement, beginning, of a course of action or of a condition:

a quibus carceribus decurrat ad metas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 3; so id. ib. 2, 7, 1:

ad carceres a calce revocari,

i.e. to begin life anew, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; cf.:

cum aequalibus, quibus cum tamquam e carceribus emissus sis,

id. Lael. 27, 101.

căreo, ui, ĭtum (carĭtūrus, Ov. H. 4, 1; id. M. 2, 222; 14, 132; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 1; Curt. 10, 2, 27; Just. 4, 5, 1; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.— Part. pr. gen. plur. carentum, Lucr. 4, 35; Verg. G. 4, 255; 4, 472), 2 ( pres. subj. carint = careant, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1.— Dep. form careor, acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.), v. n. [cf. keirô, karênai; Germ. scheeren; Engl. shear], to be cut off from, be without, to want, be in want of, not to have, whether in a good or bad sense; but kat exochên, to be devoid of, to want, to be without some good; and with reference to the subjective state of mind, to miss it (accordingly, of a good that is merely desirable, while egere is used of the want of that which is necessary); constr. regularly with abl.; in ante-class. poets also with gen. or acc. (the latter also in late Lat.).

To be without, devoid of, not to have, to be free from (corresp. with abesse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55;

and opp. frui,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40).

Of living subjects:

carere culpā,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 41:

calumniā,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

malis,

Lucr. 2, 4:

dolore,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22; id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

febri,

id. Fam. 16, 15, 1, and by poet. license with an inverted construction:

caruitne febris te heri?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 17:

morbis,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38:

malo,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40:

suspicione,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; Quint. 2, 2, 14:

vitiis,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 39; Quint. 8, 3, 1; 8, 3, 41:

stultitiā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 42:

ambitione,

id. ib. 2, 2, 206:

appellatione,

Quint. 8, 2, 5:

omnibus his quasi morbis voluit carere sapientem,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38:

calumniā,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

conspiratione et periculo,

Suet. Aug. 19:

stultitiae atque ignorantiae crimine, Auct. B. G. 8 praef.: communi sensu,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

morte,

to be immortal, id. C. 2, 8, 12; Ov. M. 15, 158:

suis figurā,

id. ib. 14, 286; cf.

of virtue, personified: culpāque omni carens praeter se ipsam nihil censet ad se pertinere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4.—

To be without a thing from free-will, i.e. to deprive one ' s self of a thing [p. 292] not to make use of it, to deny one ' s self a thing, to abstain from (syn.: abstineo, absum; hence opp. utor; v. the foll.):

temeto,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59; Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 5, 18; cf.

vino,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

nec Veneris fructu,

renounces not. Lucr. 4, 1073:

lubidinibus,

Sall. C. 13, 5:

amicorum facultatibus,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

mulieribus facile,

id. Phoc. 1, 3; cf. absol.:

satiatis vero et expletis jucundius est carere quam frui,

Cic. Sen. 14, 47.—With acc.:

Tandem non ego illam caream, ei sit opus, vel totum triduom?

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 18.— Hence,

Of localities, to hold one ' s self aloof from, not to go to; or merely, to be absent from (cf. abstineo, II.):

foro, senatu, publico,

Cic. Mil. 7, 18; cf.:

provinciā domoque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 41:

aspectu civium,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

declamationibus nostris,

id. Fam. 7, 33, 1:

forensi luce,

id. Brut. 8, 32:

patria,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 4; Tac. A. 4, 58:

Roma,

Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1.—

Of inanimate subjects:

terra caret vero sensu,

Lucr. 2, 652; cf. id. 2, 990, and 1, 573:

haec duo tempora carent crimine,

Cic. Lig. 2, 4:

carere omni malo mortem,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

an ulla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum?

Verg. A. 2, 44:

nec lacrimis caruere genae,

id. ib. 5, 173:

pars quae peste caret,

id. ib. 9, 540:

oratio, quae astu caret,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

oeconomia nomine Latino caret,

id. 3, 3, 9:

quae caret ora cruore nostro?

Hor. C. 2, 1, 36:

caret Ripa ventis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 23:

aditu carentia saxa,

Ov. M. 3, 226:

nivibus caritura Rhodope,

id. ib. 2, 222:

naturae vero rerum vis atque vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 7.—

To be deprived of, to be without, to feel the want of, to want something that is desirable:

voluptate virtus saepe caret, nunquam indiget,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2:

patriā,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85:

quam huic erat miserum carere consuetudine amicorum, societate victus, sermone omnino familiari!

Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63:

hac luce,

id. ib. 1, 6, 12:

voluptatibus,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

commodis omnibus,

id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44:

provinciis atque oris Italiae maritimis ac portibus nostris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

tali munere,

Verg. A. 5, 651:

citharā,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 20:

vate sacro,

id. ib. 4, 9, 28:

patrio sepulcro,

id. S. 2, 3, 196:

libertate,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 40:

honore,

Ov. M. 15, 614:

laude,

Quint. 2, 20, 10 al.:

caret omni Majorum censu,

has lost, dissipated, Juv. 1, 59.—

With gen.:

tui carendum quod erat,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 20; so Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7.—

With acc.:

quia Id quod amo careo,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 49; cf. id. Poen. 4, 1, 4: eos parentes careo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 466, 8:

DVLCEM. CARVI. LVCEM. CVM. TE. AMISI.,

Inscr. Grut. 572, 7; so ib. 770, 9;

hence careri,

pass., Marc. Emp. 36 med.; cf.:

virque mihi dempto fine carendus abest,

Ov. H. 1, 50.—

With the access. idea of the subjective state of mind or feeling, to feel the want of a thing, to miss: triste enim est nomen ipsum carendi, quia subicitur haec vis; habuit, non habet;

desiderat, requirit, indiget,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; cf.

the context: carere igitur hoc significat, egere eo quod habere velis,

id. ib. §

88: non caret is qui non desiderat,

id. Sen. 14, 47.

crūs, ūris, n. [etym. dub.; prob. kindr. with curro, currus; cf. celer, and -cello in recello, etc.], the leg, shank, shin.

Prop., Cels. 8, 1 fin.: perque fabam repunt (grues) et mollia crura reponunt, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 76, and Sil. 16, 444; so Lucr. 3, 478; 3, 652; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129; Quint. 11, 3, 139; Ov. M. 1, 306; 4, 580 et saep. The legs of criminals were frequently broken, as a punishment, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56 sq.; id. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; cf. crurifragius.—

Transf.

For pes, foot, Ov. M. 11, 74.—

Of plants, the lower part of the stalk, Col. 3, 10, 2; 3, 18, 5; Pall. 1, 35, 6.

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.). —

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. —

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

Religious t. t.

To declare fixedly, firmly, unalterably:

QVAE AVGVR VITIOSA, DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA SVNTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin. —

(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.—

To censure, reprove a thing:

culpam,

Pers. 5, 16.