fix down Copy link Outline 1. dēfīgo, 32. destĭno, 1 (at some given point) • fix down: 1. dēfīgo, 3: to f. stakes down in the ground, asseres in terra d., Caes. Fig.: virtue alone is f.'d down (planted) by the deepest roots, virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus, Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13. 2. destĭno, 1 (at some given point): he f.'d the rafts down by anchors, rates ancoris destinabat., Caes. B. C. 1, 25.