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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. I stick or thrust (a weapon)
  2. I fasten, fix, plant or embed
  3. I attach or affix
  4. I bewitch or enchant (by sticking pins in a model)
  5. I focus (eyes or thoughts)
  6. I dumbfound or astonish
  7. I fix with a glance

Inflection

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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[1], 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)