defixio

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

dēfixio f (genitive dēfixiōnis); 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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēfixiō dēfixiōnēs
Genitive dēfixiōnis dēfixiōnum
Dative dēfixiōnī dēfixiōnibus
Accusative dēfixiōnem dēfixiōnēs
Ablative dēfixiōne dēfixiōnibus
Vocative dēfixiō dēfixiōnēs

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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