fascinate Copy link Outline I. To bewitch with an evil eye1. fascĭno, 12. effascĭnoII. To charm, captivate1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 32. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (to keep in a state of attention, to absorb)3. dēlēnio, 4 (usu. in bad sense) • fascinate: I. To bewitch with an evil eye: 1. fascĭno, 1: I know not what eye f.s my tender lambs, nescio quis teneros mihi fascinet agnos, Virg. 2. effascĭno: Plin.: Gell. II. To charm, captivate: 1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: Join: capere ac delenire, Cic.: v. to charm. 2. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (to keep in a state of attention, to absorb): esp. in pass.: the eyes are f.d by painting, the ears by songs, oculi pictura, tenentur aures cantibus, Cic.: to be f.d by pomp, games, and spectacles of that kind, pompa, ludis, atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri, Cic. 3. dēlēnio, 4 (usu. in bad sense): to f. one by the seductions of pleasure, aliquem blanditiis voluptatum d., Cic.