to bind fast

lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. root lugin lugos, lugoô], to tie, bind, bind together, [p. 1065] bind up, bandage, bind fast, etc. (syn.: vincio, destino; perh. only poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manus post terga ligatae,

Ov. M. 3, 575:

ligare et vincire crura et manus,

Gell. 12, 3, 1:

crus fasciā,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 36:

laqueo guttura,

to tie up, Ov. M. 6, 134:

vulnera veste,

to bind up, bandage, id. ib. 7, 849:

dum mula ligatur,

is harnessed, Hor. S. 1, 5, 13:

funem litoribus,

Luc. 8, 61:

sudarium circum collum,

to bind around, Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces in glacie ligatos,

i. e. frozen fast, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 49:

nimbi ligati,

i. e. ice, Petr. 123.—

Transf., to wind round, to surround:

balteus loricam ligat,

Val. Fl. 4, 94:

digitosque ligat junctura,

Ov. M. 2, 375; Sil. 7, 589.—

To fix or fasten in:

igne cremato lapide caementa in tectis ligantur,

Plin. 36, 27, 68, § 200.—

Trop., to bind up, bind together, unite:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

vinclo propiore cum aliquo ligari,

id. ib. 9, 548:

laqueo colla,

id. P. 1, 6, 39.—

To ratify, confirm:

pacta,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82:

conjugia artibus magicis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 452: argumenta in catenas, * Quint. 5, 14, 32.—Hence, P. a.: lĭgātus, a, um, connected with, adjoining:

Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae mortis specus,

Sen. Med. 742.

lĭgo, ōnis, m., a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.

Lit.:

longis purgare ligonibus arva,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,

Hor. Epod. 5, 30:

ligonibus Versare glebas,

id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31:

centeno ligone domare arva,

Mart. 4, 64, 32:

fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,

Juv. 11, 89.—

Poet.:

defluit aetas Et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis,

i. e. tillage, agriculture, Juv. 7, 33.

lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. root lugin lugos, lugoô], to tie, bind, bind together, [p. 1065] bind up, bandage, bind fast, etc. (syn.: vincio, destino; perh. only poet. and post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manus post terga ligatae,

Ov. M. 3, 575:

ligare et vincire crura et manus,

Gell. 12, 3, 1:

crus fasciā,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 36:

laqueo guttura,

to tie up, Ov. M. 6, 134:

vulnera veste,

to bind up, bandage, id. ib. 7, 849:

dum mula ligatur,

is harnessed, Hor. S. 1, 5, 13:

funem litoribus,

Luc. 8, 61:

sudarium circum collum,

to bind around, Suet. Ner. 51:

pisces in glacie ligatos,

i. e. frozen fast, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 49:

nimbi ligati,

i. e. ice, Petr. 123.—

Transf., to wind round, to surround:

balteus loricam ligat,

Val. Fl. 4, 94:

digitosque ligat junctura,

Ov. M. 2, 375; Sil. 7, 589.—

To fix or fasten in:

igne cremato lapide caementa in tectis ligantur,

Plin. 36, 27, 68, § 200.—

Trop., to bind up, bind together, unite:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25:

vinclo propiore cum aliquo ligari,

id. ib. 9, 548:

laqueo colla,

id. P. 1, 6, 39.—

To ratify, confirm:

pacta,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82:

conjugia artibus magicis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 452: argumenta in catenas, * Quint. 5, 14, 32.—Hence, P. a.: lĭgātus, a, um, connected with, adjoining:

Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae mortis specus,

Sen. Med. 742.

lĭgo, ōnis, m., a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.

Lit.:

longis purgare ligonibus arva,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,

Hor. Epod. 5, 30:

ligonibus Versare glebas,

id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31:

centeno ligone domare arva,

Mart. 4, 64, 32:

fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,

Juv. 11, 89.—

Poet.:

defluit aetas Et pelagi patiens et cassidis atque ligonis,

i. e. tillage, agriculture, Juv. 7, 33.

rĕ-vincĭo, vinxi, vinctum, 4, v. a.

To bind back or backwards; to bind around, bind fast, fasten (class.; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

nisi esset (terra) caelo revincta,

Lucr. 5, 553:

ancorae pro funibus ferreis catenis revinctae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,

id. ib. 4, 17; cf.:

trabes introrsus,

id. ib. 7, 23:

stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

id. ib. 7, 73:

navigium (with religare),

Plin. Pan. 82, 2:

aliquem ad saxa,

to bind fast, Ov. M. 11, 212; cf.:

zonam de poste,

id. ib. 10, 379:

errantem Mycono e celsā Gyaroque revinxit,

Verg. A. 3, 76: caput tortā angue, bound around, Varr. Atacin. ap. Charis. p. 70 P.; cf.:

latus ense,

to gird, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11:

templum Velleribus niveis et festā fronde revinctum,

Verg. A. 4, 459.—

In a Greek construction: ecce manūs juvenem interea post terga revinctum trahebant,

with his hands tied behind him, Verg. A. 2, 57:

qui recitat lanā fauces et colla revinctus,

wrapped up, Mart. 6, 41, 1.— Poet.:

latices in glaciem revincti,

bound, stiffened, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 167.—

Trop., to bind, fasten, etc.:

mentem amore,

Cat. 61, 33:

urbes legibus,

Claud. B. Gild. 47:

te sibi generum fraternā prole, id. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 36: miserā in peste revinctos confodiunt,

Val. Fl. 6, 418; 4, 708.—

To unbind, loose:

quempiam (opp. alligare, and = resolvere),

Col. 1, 8, 16.

* * *

rĕ-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bind back or behind, to bind or fasten up, to bind fast (freq. and class.).

Lit.: aspicite (Prometheum) religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf.:

trahit Hectorem ad currum religatum Achillis,

id. ib. 1, 44, 105; and:

(Andromedam) ad duras religatam bracchia cautes Vidit,

Ov. M. 4, 671; 683:

manus post terga,

Suet. Vit. 17:

aliquem inter duos currus,

Flor. 1, 3, 8: remos struppis, Liv. Andron. ap. Isid. 19, 4, 9:

flavam comam,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; cf.:

religata comas in nodum,

id. ib. 2, 11, 24:

religata crines,

id. ib. 4, 11, 5:

navem ferreis manibus injectis,

fastened with grapplingirons, grappled, Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

transversas trabes axibus,

id. ib. 2, 9, 2; cf. id. ib. § 5;

2, 10: restim ad pinnam muri,

Liv. 8, 16:

religato pro foribus cane,

Suet. Vit. 16:

religatos rite videbat Carpere gramen equos,

Verg. A. 9, 352:

capillum in vertice,

Tac. G. 38:

desectam herbam,

to bind together, tie up, Col. 2, 18, 5; cf.:

folia lactucae,

Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

robora catenis,

Luc. 2, 671:

catenā religari,

Ov. H. 10, 89:

catenā aliquem,

id. Am. 1, 6, 1; Flor. 3, 19:

religavit (Raphael) illud (daemonium) in deserto,

Vulg. Tob. 8, 3. —

In partic., nautical t. t., to fasten or moor a ship to the shore:

naves ad terram religare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 15; Plin. Pan. 82, 2 (with revincire):

ab aggere classem,

Verg. A. 7, 106:

litore Threïcio classem,

Ov. M. 13, 439:

religata in litore pinus,

id. ib. 14, 248; Hor. C. 1, 32, 7; id. S. 1, 5, 19; cf.:

funem (navis) in Cretam,

Cat. 64, 174:

ab Emathio litore funem,

Luc. 7, 860:

funes ex arboribus ripae,

Dig. 1, 8, 5 pr.—

Trop., to bind, fasten, chain, fetter:

quae (prudentia) si extrinsecus religata pendeat, etc.,

bound to external things, Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 37:

hoc vinculo pietatis obstricti Deo et religati,

Lact. 4, 28, 3; cf. id. 4, 28, 12:

dapibusque simul religataque somno agmina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 472.—

To unbind (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

Cybele religat juga manu,

Cat. 63, 84 (for which id. 63, 76:

resolvens juga): vitem resolvere ac religare,

Pall. 3, 13, 2.

rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).

Lit.:

laevam,

Quint. 11, 3, 131:

restrictis ad terga manibus,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 93:

manus,

Petr. 73, 4:

lacertos,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.:

restringitur vinculis,

Tac. A. 14, 64; and:

si manus manicis restringantur,

App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf.

also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā,

Cat. 64, 297:

vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto,

Tac. A. 15, 57.—

Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo):

homines ad custodiam pecuniae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9:

liberalitatem,

Sen. Ben. 1, 4:

sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege,

Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

delicias frugalitate,

id. ib. 5, 19 fin.:

animum maestitiā,

Tac. A. 16, 16:

morsus phalangiorum,

Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, restinguit):

praecipitationem nimbi,

App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—

To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare):

dentes restringere,

to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.—

Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari,

Lucr. 5, 1065:

restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris,

Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.

Lit.:

togis neque restrictis neque fusis,

Suet. Aug. 73:

alvus,

i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—

Trop.

Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.:

parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—

Moderate, modest:

an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—

Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent:

summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt,

Tac. A. 15, 48.— Comp.:

judicatio,

App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.

Closely, sparingly:

facere (with parce),

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

vivere,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 15. — Comp.:

restrictius uti rebus praetereuntibus,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 12.— Sup.:

restrictissime facere (opp. plenissime),

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.—

Strictly, exactly, precisely:

cetera non tam restricte praefinio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

restricte tenent illud nomen (sapientium),

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

observare, ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

id. Lael. 16, 58. — Sup. of the adj. prob. not found.

dē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [1. lego], to choose out, to select (for syn. cf.: lego, coopto, designo, eligo, seligo).

In gen. (freq. and class.):

continuo Amphitruo delegit viros primores principes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 3: quodsi liber populus deliget, quibus se committat;

deligetque optimum quemque,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34:

qui ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis,

id. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.; so with ex, id. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. Mil. 8, 21; id. Rep. 1, 44; Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 5, 11; Sall. J. 23, 2; Liv. 8, 33 et saep.; poet. with ab:

delectos ordine ab omni centum oratores,

Verg. A. 7, 152:

Otho (Celsum) bello inter duces delegit,

Tac. H. 1, 71:

locum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 2, 17:

hunc sibi locum domicilio,

id. ib. 2, 29 fin. et saep.:

re frumentaria comparata equitibusque delectis,

id. ib. 4, 7;

and so of soldiers,

id. ib. 1, 48; Sall. J. 46, 7; 49, 1 al.:

delecti Latio et Laurentibus agris,

Verg. A. 11, 431:

melimela ad lunam delecta,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 32.— Poet.:

altaque mortali deligere astra manu,

Prop. 2, 32, 50 (3, 30, 50 M. dub.; al. deripere).—

In partic.

Of fruits, to gather, pick off:

oleam,

Cato R. R. 144, 1:

uvam,

ib. 112, 2:

fructum,

Col. 5, 10, 10.—

With the accessory idea of removal to a distance, to choose out and send or take away (rare):

amentem ex aedibus,

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 42:

senes ac fessas aequore matres,

Verg. A. 5, 717.

dē-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (de in the sense of reduction in breadth; cf. devincire), to bind or tie together; to bind up, to bind fast (good prose):

homini rostrum deliges,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13:

brachium superimposito penicillo,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.:

vulnus,

Quint. 2, 17, 9; 2, 21, 17; cf.:

deligatus et plurimis medicamentis delibutus,

id. 11, 3, 129:

veretra,

Suet. Tib. 62 et saep.:

hominem proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 40:

sarmentis circum cornua boum deligatis,

Quint. 2, 17, 19:

naviculam ad ripam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 3; so,

naves ad ancoras,

id. ib. 4, 29;

and, naves ad terram,

id. B. C. 3, 39:

epistolam ad amentum,

id. B. G. 5, 48, 5: ad patibulos deligantur, cruci defiguntur, Licinius ap. Non. 221, 11; cf.:

aliquem ad palum,

Liv. 2, 5; 8, 7:

viros ac feminas ad stipitem,

Suet. Ner. 29 al.:

alterius collo ascopera deligata,

id. ib. 45.

prae-stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a., to bind fast or hard, to bind or tie up; to squeeze tight, compress, etc.

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

praestrictā fauce,

Ov. Ib. 551:

praestricta manus,

Sen. Troad. 560:

pollices vincire, nodoque praestringere,

Tac. A. 12, 47:

dracones circumplexu facili (elephantos) ambiunt, nexuque nodi praestringunt,

Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:

praestringere et strangulare,

id. 17, 24, 37, § 234:

vehementer praestringere aliquid,

id. 10, 72, 92, § 192:

umor praestrictus gelu,

id. 17, 24, 37, § 217:

ventus praestringit atque percellit radices arborum, i. e. comprimit,

id. 18, 34, 77, § 334:

panis datur ex vino ad discutienda, quae praestringi opus est, i. e. coërceri, sisti,

id. 22, 25, 68, § 138.—

Transf.

To bind or wind about ( poet.):

alicujus tempora sertis,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 112.—

To graze, touch:

portam vomere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102 (al. perstringere):

Taifalorum terras praestringens,

Amm. 31, 3, 7:

praestrictis palatii januis,

i. e. passed without entering, id. 14, 7, 10.—

Trop. (post-class.):

rerum novarum lugubri visu praestrictus,

touched, struck, Amm. 29, 6, 9; cf. id. 16, 10, 13.—Hence, esp., to touch in speaking, to mention:

nomen,

Amm. 26, 1, 4; cf. id. 22, 15, 3.—With acc. and inf., Amm. 21, 7, 2.—

To weaken, blunt, make dull.

In gen.:

illi quorum lingua gladiorum aciem praestringit domi, i. e. by boasting,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11:

acies ferri praestringitur,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

nitorem eboris,

to dim, id. ib.: vites, to deprive them of their eyes or buds, id. 17, 24, 37, § 227.—

Esp.: praestringere aciem oculorum or oculos, to blind (class.):

aciem oculorum,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; Liv. 40, 58, 4; cf. oculos, Varr. ap. Non. 35, 5; Cic. Vatin. 10, 24; Sen. Ep. 110, 17:

obtutum oculorum,

Amm. 17, 7, 2.— Trop.:

vos aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore praestringitis,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 37; so,

aciem animi,

id. Phil. 12, 2, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 4:

aciem mentis,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf.:

oculos mentis,

id. Sen. 12, 42:

aciem ingenii,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

mentes,

Amm. 30, 1, 15: praestigias, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.).

dē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4 ( perf. sync. devinxti, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21), v. a., to bind fast, tie up (class.; esp. freq. in trop. signif.).

Lit.:

servum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 92; cf.

leonem,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54:

Dircam ad taurum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65:

aliquem fasciis,

Cic. Brut. 60, 217; cf.:

opercula plumbo,

Liv. 40, 29.—In Greek constr.:

devinctus tempora lauro,

encircled, crowned, Tib. 2, 5, 5 et saep.—

Trop., to bind together, to unite closely; to engage, to oblige, lay under obligation:

totam Italiam omnibus vinclis devinctam et constrictam teneretis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

illud vinculum, quod primum homines inter se rei publicae societate devinxit,

id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

eloquentia nos juris, legum, urbium societate devinxit,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

nec acervatim multa frequentans una complexione devinciet,

id. Or. 25, 85; cf. id. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 7 prooem. §

1: istoc me facto tibi devinxti,

Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21;

so of laying under an obligation by kindness, beneficence, etc.: ambo nobis sint obnoxii, nostri devincti beneficio,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31; id. Fam. 13, 7 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 29, 3 et saep.; cf.:

suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45 fin.:

homines benevolentia et caritate,

id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

virum sibi praestanti in eum liberalitate,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

animos centurionum pignore,

Caes. B. C. 1, 39 fin. et saep.:

aliquem omni cautione, foedere, exsecratione,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

se cum aliquo affinitate,

id. Brut. 26, 98; cf. Ter. And. 3, 3, 29:

ubi animus semel se cupiditate devinxit mala,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 34; cf.:

animum misericordia,

id. Hec. 1, 2, 93: devinctus Domitiae nuptiis, Suet. Dom. 22:

se vino,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 85; cf.:

animum ebrietate,

Sen. Ep. 83 med.:

membra sopore,

Lucr. 4, 453; cf. ib. 1027.—Hence, dē-vinctus, a, um, P. a., devoted, greatly attached to (very rare):

quibus (studiis) uterque nostrum devinctus est,

Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

studiis a pueritia dediti ac devincti,

id. ib. 15, 4, 16:

uxori devinctus,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

devinctior alicui,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 42.

* * *

fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a. [Gr. sphing-ô, to bind fast; sphigmos, phimos, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 186; Germ. dick. dicht; Engl. thick. etc., Corss. Krit. Nachtr. p. 233], to fix, fasten, drive or thrust in, attach, affix (class.; cf.: pango, configo, defigo).

Lit., constr. aliquid, aliquid in with abl. ( poet. also in with acc., or aliquid with abl. only):

imbrices medias clavulis,

Cato, R. R. 21, 3:

palum in parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4:

mucrones in cive an in hoste,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

tabulam decreti Caesaris aut beneficii,

to post up, id. ib. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 5 fin.:

Antonius accepta grandi pecunia fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam,

i. e. posted it up as having been carried, id. Att. 14, 12, 1; cf.:

adsentiri, ne qua tabula ullius decreti Caesaris figeretur,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

fixit leges pretio atque refixit,

Verg. A. 6, 622:

quique aera legum vetustate delapsa, noscerent figerentque,

Tac. H. 4, 40:

nec verba minacia aere fixo legebantur,

Ov. M. 1, 91:

quam damnatis crucem servis fixeras,

hadst fixed in the ground, erected, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

feraces plantas humo,

to plant, set, Verg. G. 4, 115:

clavos verticibus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 5:

cuneos,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 109 (dub.):

veribus trementia (frusta),

to fix on spits, Verg. A. 1, 212:

spicula pectore,

Prop. 2, 13, 2 (3, 4, 2 M.);

for which: harundo in vertice fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 7:

cristas vertice,

Verg. A. 10, 701:

fumantes taedas sub pectore,

id. ib. 7, 457:

notas in collo dente,

to impress, Tib. 1, 8, 38:

virus in venas per vulnera,

injects, Cic. Arat. 432: vestigia, plants his steps, i. e. moves on, Verg. A. 6, 159:

arma quae fixa in parietibus fuerant,

fastened up, hung up, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; cf.:

scuta sublime fixa,

id. ib. 2, 31, 67:

arma ad postem Herculis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

arma thalamo,

Verg. A. 4, 495:

arma Troïa hic,

id. ib. 1, 248:

clipeum postibus,

id. ib. 3, 287:

dona Laurenti Divo,

id. ib. 12, 768: ID AES AD STATVAM LORICATAM DIVI IVLII, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13:

qui spolia ex hoste fixa domi haberent,

Liv. 23, 23, 6; 38, 43, 11:

navalem coronam fastigio Palatinae domus,

Suet. Claud. 17:

luteum opus celsā sub trabe (hirundo),

Ov. F. 1, 158: ipse summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.):

aliquem cruci,

nail, Quint. 7, 1, 30; Suet. Dom. 10:

corpus lacerum in crucem (al. cruce),

Just. 21, 4 fin.:

figit in virgine vultus,

fixes, Verg. A. 12, 70:

oculos solo,

id. ib. 1, 482:

oculos in terram,

Sen. Ep. 11: in poet. transf.:

oculos horrenda in virgine fixus,

Verg. A. 11, 507 (cf.:

defixus lumina vultu,

id. ib. 6, 156; Tac. A. 3, 1):

Caesar in silentium fixus,

Tac. A. 6, 50 (56):

obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,

Pers. 3, 80:

foribus miser oscula figit,

kisses, Lucr. 4, 1179:

oscula dulcia,

Verg. A. 1, 687:

sedem Cumis,

to fix his abode, Juv. 3, 2:

domos,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Transf., to fix by piercing through, to transfix, pierce (cf. configo, II.):

hunc intorto figit telo,

Verg. A. 10, 382:

hunc jaculo acuto,

Ov. M. 10, 131: hostes telis, Auct. B. Alex. 30 fin.:

fixisse puellas gestit (Cupido),

Tib. 2, 1, 71:

cervos,

Verg. E. 2, 29:

dammas,

id. G. 1, 308; id. A. 5, 515; Sil. 1, 305:

cutem (clavi),

Sen. Prov. 3:

olli per galeam fixo stetit hasta cerebro,

Verg. A. 12, 537:

aprum,

Juv. 1, 23:

figar a sagitta,

Ov. H. 16, 278:

vulnus,

to inflict, Mart. 1, 61, 4.

Trop.

To fix, fasten, direct.

With in and abl.: ego omnia mea studia, omnem operam, curam, industriam, cogitationem, [p. 749] mentem denique omnem in Milonis consulatu fixi et locavi, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3.—

With in and acc. (rare):

fixus in silentium,

Tac. A. 6, 50.—

In other constructions:

beneficium, quemadmodum dicitur, trabali clavo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

nostras intra te fige querelas,

Juv. 9, 94:

penitus hoc se malum fixit,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

nequitiae fige modum tuae,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 2. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Of speech, to sting; taunt, rally a person:

aliquem maledictis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

adversarios,

id. Or. 26, 89.—Hence, fixus, a, um, P. a., fixed, fast, immovable.

Lit. (very rare):

illud maneat et fixum sit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 25:

inque tuis nunc Fixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,

i. e. firmly fixed in, Lucr. 3, 4; cf.

in the foll.: astra,

the fixed stars, Manil. 2, 35; so,

flammae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15.— Far more freq.,

Trop.:

vestigia (integritatis) non pressa leviter, sed fixa ad memoriam illius provinciae sempiternam,

Cic. Sest. 5, 13:

non ita fixum, ut convelli non liceret,

id. Clu. 45, 126: fixum et statutum, id. Mur., 30, 62; cf.:

consilium fixum,

id. Att. 6, 14, 2:

animo fixum immotumque sedere, ne, etc.,

Verg. A, 4, 15: fixum est, with a subj.-clause, it is fixed, determined, Sil. 2, 364; 3, 114:

decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

ratum, fixum, firmum,

permanent, id. ib. 2, 46, 141:

illud fixum in animis vestris tenetote,

fixed, impressed, id. Balb. 28, 64: quae perpetuo animo meo fixa manebunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3.— Adv.: fixe, fixedly (late Lat.):

ubi tenacius habitabit et fixius,

Aug. Ep. 6 fin.