fasten Copy link Outline 1. fīgo, xi, xum, 32. apto, 1 (to put close to)3. annecto, 34. rĕvincio, nxi, nctum, 4 (to fasten back, so as not to be forced away)5. allĭgo, 16. dēlĭgo, 1 (to fasten to some point or place)7. dēfīgo, 3 • fasten: 1. fīgo, xi, xum, 3: to f. with a beam-like nail, i. e. immovably, clavo trabali f., Cic. Verr. 5, 21, 53: v. to fix. 2. apto, 1 (to put close to): v. to fit, adjust. 3. annecto, 3: v. to fasten. 4. rĕvincio, nxi, nctum, 4 (to fasten back, so as not to be forced away): the anchors were f.'d with iron chains, ancorae ferreis catenis revinctae sunt, Caes.: the beams are f.'d on the inner side, revinciuntur trabes introrsus, Caes. 5. allĭgo, 1: v. to tie, tether. 6. dēlĭgo, 1 (to fasten to some point or place): to f. a boat to a bank, naviculum ad ripam d., Caes.: to f. a letter to a thong, epistolam ad amentum d., Caes.: to f. a man's beak to the table (faceté), apud mensam homini rostrum d., Pl. Men. 1, 1, 13. 7. dēfīgo, 3: v. foll. art.