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
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Necavit? TR. Aurumque ei ademit hospiti eumque hic defodit hospitem ibidem in aedibus. TH. Quapropter id vos factum..."Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...concredidit thensaurum auri clam omnis: in medio foco defodit, venerans me ut id servarem sibi. is quoniam moritur..."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..."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..."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..."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..."