Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈfiː.ɡoː/, [d̪eːˈfiːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfi.ɡo/, [d̪eˈfiːɡo]
Verb
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- I stick or thrust (a weapon)
- I fasten, fix, plant or embed
- I attach or affix
- I bewitch or enchant (by sticking pins in a model)
- I focus (eyes or thoughts)
- I dumbfound or astonish
- I fix with a glance
Inflection
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)
- to fix all one's thoughts on an object: mentem in aliqua re defigere