confodio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From con- (“with, together”) + fodiō (“dig; thrust, stab”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈfɔ.di.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koɱˈfɔː.di.o]
Verb
[edit]cōnfodiō (present infinitive cōnfodere, perfect active cōnfōdī, supine cōnfossum); third (-iō variant) conjugation
- to dig (thoroughly), dig up or over, dig round about, turn over (of land), prepare by digging
- (figuratively) to strike down by stabbing, pierce, stab, transfix, damage
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of cōnfodiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “confodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “confodio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.