defigo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fīgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēfīgere			dēfīgī			dēfīgēns			—
future		dēfīxūrum esse			dēfīxum īrī			dēfīxūrus			dēfīgendus, dēfīgundus
perfect		dēfīxisse			dēfīxum esse			—			dēfīxus
future perfect		—			dēfīxum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēfīxūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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)