I am spending perhaps not altogether ordinate amounts of time poring over my glorious English-to-Latin dictionary. Its fullness is wonderful. Here is an extract from it:
fives (the game): pila (applicable to any ball game) : V. BALL.
fix : I. To make fast secure :
1. fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (most gen. term): the arms which had been f.'d upon the walls, arma quae fixa in parietibus fuerant, Cic. 2. destĭno, 1 (strictly, to f. down, as to the ground): Vitr.: v. TO FIX DOWN. II. To appoint, settle: 1. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3: to f. time and place for an interview, tempus locumque colloquio s., Liv. : v. TO APPOINT, DETERMINE. 2. constĭtuo, 3 (esp. when an appointment between parties is to be expressed): to f. a more advanced age for the consulate, grandiorem aetatem ad consulatem c., Cic.
3. condīco, xi, ctum, 3 (to make an appointment): Just. 4. praestītuo, i, ūtum, 3 (beforehand) : to f. beforehand how long we should speak, tempus quamdiu diceremus pr., Cic. 5. destĭno, 1 (definitively, decisively): to f. the hour of death (of a condemned person), horam mortis d., Cic. 6. (in pass.: to be f.'d or agreed upon) convĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: that signal had been f.'d upon, id convenerat signum, Liv.
fix down: 1. dēfīgo, 3 : Caes.
2. destĭno, 1 (at some given point): Caes.
___ in, on, or upon : 1. infīgo, 3 (with acc. and prep.; also acc. and dat.): he f.'d his sword in the enemy's bosom, gladium hosti in pectus infixit, Cic. Fig: to teach something and fix it in the mind, docere aliquid et inf. angimis, Quint. 2. (in pass., and fig.) insĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (to become settled: usu. with in and abl.): the speech f.'d itself in the mind, insedit in animo oratio, Cic. 3. ĭnhaereo
Thus you can see the limit of my endurance for copying things out of dictionaries.
Anyway, I hope that all goes well with you, and I shall perhaps write at more length on the morrow.
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