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.—