I.to fasten beneath or below, to fasten or fix on, to affix (rare but class.): “ecce aedificat: columnam mento suffigit suo,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 54 Ritschl N. cr.: “antennae suffixit lintea,” Luc. 9, 328: “aureis clavis crepidas,” Plin. 33, 3, 14, § 50: “janua suffixa tigillo,” Cat. 67, 39: “trabes multo auro,” Sen. Hippol. 497: cruci suffixus, * Cic. Pis. 18, 42: “aliquem cruci,” Vell. 2, 42 fin.; Suet. Caes. 74; Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 15: “patibulo,” Just. 22, 7, 8: “patibulis,” id. 30, 2, 7; App. M. 10, p. 244, 18: “aliquem in cruce,” Cat. 99, 4; Hor. S. 1, 3, 82; “Auct. B. Afr. 66: aliquem in crucem,” Just. 18, 7, 15: “caput Galbae hastā suffixum,” stuck upon a spear, Suet. Galb. 20; cf. Tac. H. 1, 49: “spolia in suggestu fori,” Flor. 1, 11: “dona postibus,” App. M. 6, p. 174.—Trop.: “novos stimulos dolori,” Sen. Phoen. 206.
suf-fīgo (subf- ), xi, xum, 3, v. a.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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