defixus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēfīgō.

Participle

dēfīxus (feminine dēfīxa, neuter dēfīxum); first/second-declension participle

  1. stuck, thrust (weapon)
  2. fastened, having been fastened
  3. attached, having been attached
  4. bewitched, having been bewitched
  5. focused, having been focused
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.494–495:
      Haec dum Dardaniō Aenēae mīranda videntur
      dum stupet obtūtūque haeret dēfīxus in ūnō
      While Aeneas gazes [at] these wondrous [scenes] of Dardanian [history], as [he stands] amazed, his gaze persists, having become focused on a single [thing]
  6. dumbfounded, having been 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
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