defodite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defodio, defodere, defodi, defossus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bury; put/send/cause to go underground; dig down/deep/into soil; plant/insert;; make fast/set up in ground (part burying); embed; hide; dig up; excavate; dig;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Necavit? TR. Aurumque ei ademit hospiti eumque hic defodit hospitem ibidem in aedibus. TH. Quapropter id vos factum..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...concredidit thensaurum auri clam omnis: in medio foco defodit, venerans me ut id servarem sibi. is quoniam moritur..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...tanta necessitas hominem ad sidera erectum incuruauit et defodit et in fundum telluris intimae mersit, ut erueret aurum..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...terram umor occurrit et, quotiens nos aut auaritia defodit aut aliqua causa penetrare altius cogit, eruendi finis aliquando..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...ipsam magnitudinis fraternae nimis circumlucentem fortunam exosa defodit se et abdidit. Adsidentibus liberis, nepotibus lugubrem uestem non deposuit..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lumina Solis et "ille vim tulit invitae" dicentem defodit alta crudus humo tumulumque super gravis addit harenae. dissipat..."