af-fīgo — Lewis & Short
af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset,
Sil. 14, 536),I to fix or fasten to or upon, to affix, annex, attach to; constr. with ad or dat.
I 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. —
II 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.
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.—
B 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.