defixio
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From dēfīgō (“to bind, to fasten down”).
NounEdit
dēfīxiō f (genitive dēfīxiōnis); third declension
- curse tablet (a scroll or inscription with an invocation to a deity on it meant to bring harm to a specific person)
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēfīxiō | dēfīxiōnēs |
| Genitive | dēfīxiōnis | dēfīxiōnum |
| Dative | dēfīxiōnī | dēfīxiōnibus |
| Accusative | dēfīxiōnem | dēfīxiōnēs |
| Ablative | dēfīxiōne | dēfīxiōnibus |
| Vocative | dēfīxiō | dēfīxiōnēs |
ReferencesEdit
- “defixio”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- defixio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette