dē-fīgo, xi, xum, 3
* V. a., to fasten down or in; and with especial reference to the terminus, to drive, fix, or fasten into (class.).
* Lit.: in campo Martio crucem ad civium supplicium defigi et constitui jubes, Cic. Rab. perd. 4; so, tigna machinationibus immissa in flumen,Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4: sudes sub aqua,id. ib. 5, 18, 3: asseres in terra defigebantur,id. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 44, 5: verutum in balteo,Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 7: sicam in consulis corpore,to thrust,Cic. Cat. 1, 6; cf.: cultrum in corde,Liv. 1, 58 fin.: tellure hastas,Verg. A. 12, 130; cf. id. ib. 6, 652: gladium superne jugulo,Liv. 1, 25; cf. Ov. M. 13, 436 al.: cruci defiguntur, Varr. ap. Non. 221, 13: arborem penitus terrae,Verg. G. 2, 290: te hodie, si prehendero, defigam in terram colaphis,Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 22 (for which, shortly after, cruci affigere): morsus in aurem,Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 34: clavum percussum malleo in cerebrum,Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; Eccles. 12, 11.
* Meton. (Causa pro effectu.) To fix, fasten, render immovable (rare): defixa caelo sidera,Hor. Epod. 17, 5; cf. Ov. M. 11, 76: defixere aciem in his vestigiis,have fixed them motionless,Tac. Agr. 34; cf.: defixi et Neronem intuentes,id. A. 13, 16: sedeo defixus,Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1: me defixum in ora, etc.,Prop. 1, 8, 15.
* Trop.
* In gen., to fix, fasten; to turn intently in any direction: virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,Cic. Phil. 4, 5: oculos in vultu regis,Curt. 7, 8: iratos oculos in te,Ov. Am. 2, 18, 15: in alicujus possessiones oculos defigere,Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 10: oculos defigere in terram,Quint. 11, 3, 158; Curt. 9, 3.—Absol.: oculos,to let fall, cast down,Tac. A. 3, 1: Aeneas defixus lumina,Verg. A. 6, 156: animos in ea, quae perspicua sunt,Cic. Ac. 2, 15: disputare non vaganti oratione, sed defixa in una republica,id. Rep. 1, 11; cf.: in eo mentem orationemque defigit,id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: omnes suas curas in reip. salute,id. Phil. 14, 5, 13; Cic. Verr. 1, 3; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.
* In partic.
* To strike motionless, sc. with astonishment, etc.; to stupefy, astound, astonish (not freq. till after the Aug. per.): utraque simul objecta res oculis animisque immobiles parumper eos defixit,Liv. 21, 33; so, aliquem,id. 3, 47; 6, 40 al.: silentium triste ita defixit omnium animos, ut, etc., Liv. 1, 29.—In the part. perf.: dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,Verg. A. 1, 495; 6, 156; 7, 249; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 14; Liv. 8, 7; Tac. A. 1, 68; 13, 5 et saep.
* Religious t. t. *
* To declare fixedly, firmly, unalterably: QVAE AVGVR VITIOSA, DIRA DEFIXERIT, IRRITA SVNTO,Cic. Leg. 2, 8 fin.
* To censure, reprove a thing: culpam,Pers. 5, 16.

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