defigo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  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
   Conjugation of defigo (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 dēfīxerimus dēfīxeritis 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 dēfīxūrus esse dēfīgī dēfīxus esse dēfīxum īrī
participles dēfīgēns — dēfīxūrus — dēfīxus dēfīgendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
dēfīgere dēfīgendī dēfīgendō dēfīgendum 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, 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)
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