figo

fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a. [Gr. sphing-ô, to bind fast; sphigmos, phimos, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Curt. 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, [p. 749] 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.