fīgo — Lewis & Short
fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic
I part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a. Gr. sfi/gg-w, to bind fast; sfigmo/s, fi=mo/s, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 186; Germ. dick. dicht; Engl. thick. etc., Corss. Krit. Nachtr. p. 233, to fix, fasten, drive or thrust in, attach, affix (class.; cf.: pango, configo, defigo).
I Lit., constr. aliquid, aliquid in with abl. (poet. also in with acc., or aliquid with abl. only):
imbrices medias clavulis,Cato, R. R. 21, 3:
palum in parietem,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4:
mucrones in cive an in hoste,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:
tabulam decreti Caesaris aut beneficii,to post up, id. ib. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 5 fin.:
Antonius accepta grandi pecunia fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam,i. e. posted it up as having been carried, id. Att. 14, 12, 1; cf.:
adsentiri, ne qua tabula ullius decreti Caesaris figeretur,id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
fixit leges pretio atque refixit,Verg. A. 6, 622:
quique aera legum vetustate delapsa, noscerent figerentque,Tac. H. 4, 40:
nec verba minacia aere fixo legebantur,Ov. M. 1, 91:
quam damnatis crucem servis fixeras,hadst fixed in the ground, erected, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:
feraces plantas humo,to plant, set, Verg. G. 4, 115:
clavos verticibus,Hor. C. 3, 24, 5:
cuneos,Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 109 (dub.):
veribus trementia (frusta),to fix on spits, Verg. A. 1, 212:
spicula pectore,Prop. 2, 13, 2 (3, 4, 2 M.);
for which: harundo in vertice fixa,Hor. S. 1, 8, 7:
cristas vertice,Verg. A. 10, 701:
fumantes taedas sub pectore,id. ib. 7, 457:
notas in collo dente,to impress, Tib. 1, 8, 38:
virus in venas per vulnera,injects, Cic. Arat. 432: vestigia, plants his steps, i. e. moves on, Verg. A. 6, 159:
arma quae fixa in parietibus fuerant,fastened up, hung up, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; cf.:
scuta sublime fixa,id. ib. 2, 31, 67:
arma ad postem Herculis,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:
arma thalamo,Verg. A. 4, 495:
arma Troïa hic,id. ib. 1, 248:
clipeum postibus,id. ib. 3, 287:
dona Laurenti Divo,id. ib. 12, 768: ID AES AD STATVAM LORICATAM DIVI IVLII, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13:
qui spolia ex hoste fixa domi haberent,Liv. 23, 23, 6; 38, 43, 11:
navalem coronam fastigio Palatinae domus,Suet. Claud. 17:
luteum opus celsā sub trabe (hirundo),Ov. F. 1, 158: ipse summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.):
aliquem cruci,nail, Quint. 7, 1, 30; Suet. Dom. 10:
corpus lacerum in crucem (al. cruce),Just. 21, 4 fin.:
figit in virgine vultus,fixes, Verg. A. 12, 70:
oculos solo,id. ib. 1, 482:
oculos in terram,Sen. Ep. 11: in poet. transf.:
oculos horrenda in virgine fixus,Verg. A. 11, 507 (cf.:
defixus lumina vultu,id. ib. 6, 156; Tac. A. 3, 1):
Caesar in silentium fixus,Tac. A. 6, 50 (56):
obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,Pers. 3, 80:
foribus miser oscula figit,kisses, Lucr. 4, 1179:
oscula dulcia,Verg. A. 1, 687:
sedem Cumis,to fix his abode, Juv. 3, 2:
domos,Tac. A. 13, 54.—
B Transf., to fix by piercing through, to transfix, pierce (cf. configo, II.):
hunc intorto figit telo,Verg. A. 10, 382:
hunc jaculo acuto,Ov. M. 10, 131: hostes telis, Auct. B. Alex. 30 fin.:
fixisse puellas gestit (Cupido),Tib. 2, 1, 71:
cervos,Verg. E. 2, 29:
dammas,id. G. 1, 308; id. A. 5, 515; Sil. 1, 305:
cutem (clavi),Sen. Prov. 3:
olli per galeam fixo stetit hasta cerebro,Verg. A. 12, 537:
aprum,Juv. 1, 23:
figar a sagitta,Ov. H. 16, 278:
vulnus,to inflict, Mart. 1, 61, 4.
II Trop.
A To fix, fasten, direct.
1 With in and abl.: ego omnia mea studia, omnem operam, curam, industriam, cogitationem, mentem denique omnem in Milonis consulatu fixi et locavi, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3.—
2 With in and acc. (rare):
fixus in silentium,Tac. A. 6, 50.—
3 In other constructions:
beneficium, quemadmodum dicitur, trabali clavo,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:
nostras intra te fige querelas,Juv. 9, 94:
penitus hoc se malum fixit,Sen. Tranq. 15:
nequitiae fige modum tuae,Hor. C. 3, 15, 2. —
B (Acc. to I. B.) Of speech, to sting; taunt, rally a person:
aliquem maledictis,Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:
adversarios,id. Or. 26, 89.—Hence, fixus, a, um, P. a., fixed, fast, immovable.
A Lit. (very rare):
illud maneat et fixum sit,Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 25:
inque tuis nunc Fixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,i. e. firmly fixed in, Lucr. 3, 4; cf.
in the foll.: astra,the fixed stars, Manil. 2, 35; so,
flammae,Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15.— Far more freq.,
B Trop.:
vestigia (integritatis) non pressa leviter, sed fixa ad memoriam illius provinciae sempiternam,Cic. Sest. 5, 13:
non ita fixum, ut convelli non liceret,id. Clu. 45, 126: fixum et statutum, id. Mur., 30, 62; cf.:
consilium fixum,id. Att. 6, 14, 2:
animo fixum immotumque sedere, ne, etc.,Verg. A, 4, 15: fixum est, with a subj.-clause, it is fixed, determined, Sil. 2, 364; 3, 114:
decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.:
ratum, fixum, firmum,permanent, id. ib. 2, 46, 141:
illud fixum in animis vestris tenetote,fixed, impressed, id. Balb. 28, 64: quae perpetuo animo meo fixa manebunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3.— Adv.: fixe, fixedly (late Lat.):
ubi tenacius habitabit et fixius,Aug. Ep. 6 fin.