(v. a.P. a.) : af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536)
* To fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.
* Lit.: sidera aetherieis adfixa caverneis,Lucr. 4, 392: corpus,id. 4, 1104; 4, 1238: litteram ad caput,to affix as a brand,Cic. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: Minerva, cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt,id. N. D. 3, 23: Prometheus adfixus Caucaso,id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aliquem patibulo, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355: aliquem cuspide ad terram,Liv. 4, 19: aliquem cruci adfigere,id. 28, 37: signa Punicis Adfixa delubris,Hor. C. 3, 5, 19: lecto te adfixit,id. S. 1, 1, 81 (cf. Sen. Ep. 67: senectus me lectulo adfixit): radicem terrae,Verg. G. 2, 318: flammam lateri (turris),id. A. 9, 536 al.
* Trop., to fix on, imprint or impress on: aliquid animo,to impress upon the mind,Quint. 2, 7, 18, and Sen. Ep. 11: litteras pueris,to imprint on their memory,Quint. 1, 1, 25.—Hence, adfixus, a, um, P. a.
* Fastened to a person or thing, joined to; constr. alicui or ad rem: jubes eum mihi esse adfixum tamquam magistro,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6: me sibi ille adfixum habebit,id. Fam. 1, 8: nos in exiguā parte terrae adfixi,id. Rep. 1, 17: anus adfixa foribus,Tib. 1, 6, 61: Tarraconensis adfixa Pyrenaeo,situated close to,Plin. 3, 2, § 6. —Trop., impressed on, fixed to: causa in animo sensuque meo penitus adfixa atque insita,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53: quae semper adfixa esse videntur ad rem neque ab eā possunt separari,id. Inv. 1, 26 al.
* In the Latin of the Pandects: adfixa, ōrum, n., the appendages or appurtenances belonging to a possession: domum instructam legavit cum omnibus adfixis,with all pertaining thereto, all the fixtures,Dig. 33, 7, 18 fin.

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