(verb) : in-fīgo, xi, xum, 3
* To fix, thrust, drive, or fasten in.
* Lit.: gladium hosti in pectus,Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: ferreis hamis infixis,Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.: hastam portae,Verg. A. 9, 746: signum,Cic. Div. 2, 31: (sagitta) infigitur arbore,remains fixed, sticks fast,Verg. A. 5, 504: vulnus infixum,made by a thrust,id. ib. 4, 689: infixa corpori extrahere,things stuck in the body,Plin. 26, 12, 79, § 128; cf.: infixum moenibus hostem deicere,standing firmly on,Sil. 11, 173: infixum educere telum,Ov. M. 13, 393: aliquem in limo,Vulg. Psa. 68, 3.
* Trop., to infix, impress, imprint (esp. freq. in the part. perf.): quod in hominum sensibus atque in ipsa natura positum atque infixum est,Cic. Clu. 6, 17: infigere animis res,Quint. 9, 4, 134: religio infixa animo,Liv. 29, 18, 1: quicquid infixum et ingenitum est,Sen. Ep. 11: quae sint inculcanda, infigenda, repetenda,Plin. Ep. 1, 20: infixus pectori dolor haeret,id. ib.: natis oscula,Sil. 12, 738: oscula dextris,id. 12, 592; 8, 127: infixum est mihi, I have firmly resolved, I am determined: Vologesi penitus infixum erat arma Romana vitandi,Tac. A. 15, 5; so with inf.: infixum est fugere,Sil. 4, 332; 10, 643.

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