English → Latin
“affix” in Latin
fīgōto fasten, fix; to transfix, pierce; to erect, post, set upirrogōto propose, demand or call for something against someone; to impose, inflict; appoint, ordain; to exercise
The English word affix itself goes back to Latin fīgō, through affixus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
affix
v, figere, affigere aliquid alicui rei (join one thing to another; also, with nails): alligare aliquid ad rem, annectere aliquid ad rem or alicui rei (to bind one thing to another): assuere alicui rei (to stitch together): agglutinare alicui rei (to glue together): apponere aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid (the proper word of placing one thing by another): adjicere aliquid alicui rei (to add a supplementary remark, etc., to something before said). To affix a fine, alicui multam dicere (of the judge: irrogare, of the accuser). To affix a name to anything, alicui rei nomen or vocabulum imponere: a meaning to a word, verbo vim, sententiam, notionem subjicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for affix?
- The usual Latin words for “affix” are fīgō, irrogō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.