defigo
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + fīgō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfiː.ɡoː/, [d̪eːˈfiːɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfi.ɡo/, [d̪eˈfiːɡo]
Verb
dēfīgō (present infinitive dēfīgere, perfect active dēfīxī, supine dēfīxum); third conjugation
- I stick or thrust (a weapon)
- I fix, plant or embed
- Synonyms: collocō, loco, statuō, pōnō, fīgō, cōnstituō, impōnō, sisto
- I attach or fasten, affix
- Synonyms: colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō
- Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
- I bewitch or enchant (by sticking pins in a model)
- I focus (eyes or thoughts)
- I dumbfound or astonish, stupefy
- Synonyms: attonō, astupeō, admīror, mīror, obstupēscō, stupēscō, stupeō
- I fix with a glance
Conjugation
Conjugation of dēfīgō (third conjugation) | |||||||
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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 | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | dēfīgere | dēfīxisse | dēfīxūrum esse | dēfīgī | dēfīxum esse | dēfīxum īrī | |
participles | dēfīgēns | — | dēfīxūrus | — | dēfīxus | dēfīgendus, dēfīgundus | |
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, 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)
- to fix all one's thoughts on an object: mentem in aliqua re defigere