af-fīgo (better adf-), ixi, ixum, 3, v. a. (affixet for affixisset, Sil. 14, 536), 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.
III —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.