defigo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin dēfīgō

From dē- + fīgō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfiː.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈfiː.ɡo]

Verb

dēfīgō (present infinitive dēfīgere, perfect active dēfīxī, supine dēfīxum); third conjugation

to stick, thrust, or plunge (a weapon)
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.16:
  Quae quidem quibus abs tē initiāta sacrīs ac dēvōta sit, nesciō, quod eam necesse putās esse in cōnsulis corpore dēfīgere.
  Indeed, by what rites this [dagger] has been consecrated and devoted by you, I do not know, because you think it is necessary to plunge it into the body of a consul.
to fix, plant or embed
Synonyms: collocō, loco, statuō, pōnō, fīgō, cōnstituō, impōnō, sisto
to attach or fasten, affix
Synonyms: colligō, adalligō, cōnfīgō, cōnserō, dēligō, ligō, illigō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō

Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō
to bewitch or enchant (by sticking pins in a model)
to focus (eyes or thoughts)
to dumbfound or astonish, stupefy
Synonyms: attonō, astupeō, admīror, mīror, obstupēscō, stupēscō, stupeō
to fix with a glance

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfīgō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēfīge		—	—	dēfīgite		—
active	future	—	dēfīgitō		dēfīgitō	—	dēfīgitōte		dēfīguntō
passive	present	—	dēfīgere		—	—	dēfīgiminī		—
passive	future	—	dēfīgitor		dēfīgitor	—	—		dēfīguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēfīgere		dēfīgī		dēfīgēns		—
future		dēfīxūrum esse		dēfīxum īrī		dēfīxūrus		dēfīgendus, dēfīgundus
perfect		dēfīxisse		dēfīxum esse		—		dēfīxus
future perfect		—		dēfīxum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēfīxūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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^[1], 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)