defixio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dēfīgō (“to bind, to fasten down”).
Noun
[edit]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)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēfīxiō | dēfīxiōnēs |
| genitive | dēfīxiōnis | dēfīxiōnum |
| dative | dēfīxiōnī | dēfīxiōnibus |
| accusative | dēfīxiōnem | dēfīxiōnēs |
| ablative | dēfīxiōne | dēfīxiōnibus |
| vocative | dēfīxiō | dēfīxiōnēs |
References
[edit]- “defixio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- defixio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.