defixus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēfīgō.

Participle

dēfīxus (feminine dēfīxa, neuter dēfīxum); first/second-declension participle

1. stuck, thrust (weapon)
2. fastened, having been fastened
3. attached, having been attached
4. bewitched, having been bewitched
5. focused, having been focused
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.494–495:

     Haec dum Dardaniō Aenēae mīranda videntur
     dum stupet obtūtūque haeret dēfīxus in ūnō

     While Aeneas gazes [at] these wondrous [scenes] of Dardanian [history], as [he stands] amazed, his gaze persists, having become focused on a single [thing]

6. dumbfounded, having been dumbfounded

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēfīxus	dēfīxa	dēfīxum		dēfīxī	dēfīxae	dēfīxa
Genitive	dēfīxī	dēfīxae	dēfīxī		dēfīxōrum	dēfīxārum	dēfīxōrum
Dative	dēfīxō		dēfīxō		dēfīxīs
Accusative	dēfīxum	dēfīxam	dēfīxum		dēfīxōs	dēfīxās	dēfīxa
Ablative	dēfīxō	dēfīxā	dēfīxō		dēfīxīs
Vocative	dēfīxe	dēfīxa	dēfīxum		dēfīxī	dēfīxae	dēfīxa

References

• “defixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• defixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be deep in thought: in cogitatione defixum esse