defixus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of dēfīgō.
Participle
dēfīxus (feminine dēfīxa, neuter dēfīxum); first/second-declension participle
- stuck, thrust (weapon)
- fastened
- attached
- bewitched
- focused
- 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be deep in thought: in cogitatione defixum esse
- to be deep in thought: in cogitatione defixum esse