defossa
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →defossum, defossi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
underground chamber, place dug out;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...erat anu peculiaris, perdidit paenissume. ubi erat haec defossa, occepit ibi scalpurrire ungulis cirum circa. quid opust verbis..." - D
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...longi agminis officia et niueos ad frena Quirites, defossa in loculos quos sportula fecit amicos. tum quoque materiam..." - G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...suffecerat orbis. Frag. XVII. — Exciso defossa marmore petra. Frag. XVIII. Quinque pedum fabricata domus, qua nobile corpus Exigua..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...serves gnatoque patrique. est domus alta, iacent penitus defossa talenta caelati argenti, sunt auri pondera facti infectique mihi..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...iuvat inmensum te argenti pondus et auri furtim defossa timidum deponere terra? quod, si conminuas, vilem redigatur..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...terram ad portam Collinam dextra viam stratam defossa Scelerato campo; credo ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...quidam obvia aspernati verberibus tormentisque dominorum abdita scrutari, defossa eruere: faces in manibus, quas, ubi praedam egesserant..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...quando hostis advenit, aperta populatur, abdita autem et defossa aut ignorantur aut eo ipso fallunt, quod quaerenda sunt..."
