infigo

to fix, fasten / to imprint, impress.

in-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to fix, thrust, drive, or fasten in.

Lit.:

gladium hosti in pectus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

ferreis hamis infixis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.:

hastam portae,

Verg. A. 9, 746:

signum,

Cic. Div. 2, 31:

(sagitta) infigitur arbore,

remains fixed, sticks fast, Verg. A. 5, 504:

vulnus infixum,

made by a thrust, id. ib. 4, 689:

infixa corpori extrahere,

things stuck in the body, Plin. 26, 12, 79, § 128; cf.:

infixum moenibus hostem deicere,

standing firmly on, Sil. 11, 173:

infixum educere telum,

Ov. M. 13, 393:

aliquem in limo,

Vulg. Psa. 68, 3.—

Trop., to infix, impress, imprint (esp. freq. in the part. perf.):

quod in hominum sensibus atque in ipsa natura positum atque infixum est,

Cic. Clu. 6, 17:

infigere animis res,

Quint. 9, 4, 134:

religio infixa animo,

Liv. 29, 18, 1:

quicquid infixum et ingenitum est,

Sen. Ep. 11:

quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20:

infixus pectori dolor haeret,

id. ib.:

natis oscula,

Sil. 12, 738:

oscula dextris,

id. 12, 592; 8, 127: infixum est mihi, I have firmly resolved, I am determined:

Vologesi penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi,

Tac. A. 15, 5; so with inf.:

infixum est fugere,

Sil. 4, 332; 10, 643.