defigo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈfiː.ɡoː/, [d̪eːˈfiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfi.ɡo/, [d̪eˈfiːɡo]

Verb

dēfīgō (present infinitive dēfīgere, perfect active dēfīxī, supine dēfīxum); third conjugation

1. to stick or thrust (a weapon)
2. to fix, plant or embed

   Synonyms: collocō, loco, statuō, pōnō, fīgō, cōnstituō, impōnō, sisto

3. to attach or fasten, affix

   Synonyms: colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō

   Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō

4. to bewitch or enchant (by sticking pins in a model)
5. to focus (eyes or thoughts)
6. to dumbfound or astonish, stupefy

   Synonyms: attonō, astupeō, admīror, mīror, obstupēscō, stupēscō, stupeō

7. to fix with a glance

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfīgō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfīgō	dēfīgis	dēfīgit	dēfīgimus	dēfīgitis	dēfīgunt
	imperfect	dēfīgēbam	dēfīgēbās	dēfīgēbat	dēfīgēbāmus	dēfīgēbātis	dēfīgēbant
	future	dēfīgam	dēfīgēs	dēfīget	dēfīgēmus	dēfīgētis	dēfīgent
	perfect	dēfīxī	dēfīxistī	dēfīxit	dēfīximus	dēfīxistis	dēfīxērunt, dēfīxēre
	pluperfect	dēfīxeram	dēfīxerās	dēfīxerat	dēfīxerāmus	dēfīxerātis	dēfīxerant
	future perfect	dēfīxerō	dēfīxeris	dēfīxerit	dēfīxerimus	dēfīxeritis	dēfīxerint
passive	present	dēfīgor	dēfīgeris, dēfīgere	dēfīgitur	dēfīgimur	dēfīgiminī	dēfīguntur
	imperfect	dēfīgēbar	dēfīgēbāris, dēfīgēbāre	dēfīgēbātur	dēfīgēbāmur	dēfīgēbāminī	dēfīgēbantur
	future	dēfīgar	dēfīgēris, dēfīgēre	dēfīgētur	dēfīgēmur	dēfīgēminī	dēfīgentur
	perfect	dēfīxus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēfīxus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēfīxus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfīgam	dēfīgās	dēfīgat	dēfīgāmus	dēfīgātis	dēfīgant
	imperfect	dēfīgerem	dēfīgerēs	dēfīgeret	dēfīgerēmus	dēfīgerētis	dēfīgerent
	perfect	dēfīxerim	dēfīxerīs	dēfīxerit	dēfīxerīmus	dēfīxerītis	dēfīxerint
	pluperfect	dēfīxissem	dēfīxissēs	dēfīxisset	dēfīxissēmus	dēfīxissētis	dēfīxissent
passive	present	dēfīgar	dēfīgāris, dēfīgāre	dēfīgātur	dēfīgāmur	dēfīgāminī	dēfīgantur
	imperfect	dēfīgerer	dēfīgerēris, dēfīgerēre	dēfīgerētur	dēfīgerēmur	dēfīgerēminī	dēfīgerentur
	perfect	dēfīxus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēfīxus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēfīge	—	—	dēfīgite	—
	future	—	dēfīgitō	dēfīgitō	—	dēfīgitōte	dēfīguntō
passive	present	—	dēfīgere	—	—	dēfīgiminī	—
	future	—	dēfīgitor	dēfīgitor	—	—	dēfīguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēfīgere	dēfīxisse	dēfīxūrum esse	dēfīgī	dēfīxum esse	dēfīxum īrī
participles		dēfīgēns	—	dēfīxūrus	—	dēfīxus	dēfīgendus, dēfīgundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēfīgendī	dēfīgendō	dēfīgendum	dēfīgendō	dēfīxum	dēfīxū

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)