nail (v.) Copy link • nail (v.): expr. by clāvus with a verb: e. g. clavis configere (with dat. of that to which), Caes. B. G. 3, 13; figere, Cato R. R. 20; religare, Caes. B. C. 2, 10: v. to fix, fasten. Phr.: to n. to the cross, cruci figere, Suet. Dom. 11; suffigere, Cic. in Pis. 18, 42: v. to crucify.