defixio

Latin

Etymology

From dēfīgō (“to bind, to fasten down”).

Noun

dēfīxiō f (genitive dēfīxiōnis); third declension

  1. curse tablet (a scroll or inscription with an invocation to a deity on it meant to bring harm to a specific person)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēfīxiō dēfīxiōnēs
Genitive dēfīxiōnis dēfīxiōnum
Dative dēfīxiōnī dēfīxiōnibus
Accusative dēfīxiōnem dēfīxiōnēs
Ablative dēfīxiōne dēfīxiōnibus
Vocative dēfīxiō dēfīxiōnēs

References
  • “defixio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • defixio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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