antefixus

== Latin == === Etymology === ante- +‎ fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō (“to affix”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛˈfiːk.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.teˈfik.sus] === Adjective === antefīxus (feminine antefīxa, neuter antefīxum); first/second-declension adjective (rare) fastened in front of, nailed to ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== antefīxa === References === “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers