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
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...erat anu peculiaris, perdidit paenissume. ubi erat haec defossa, occepit ibi scalpurrire ungulis cirum circa. quid opust verbis..."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..."FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...suffecerat orbis. Frag. XVII. — Exciso defossa marmore petra. Frag. XVIII. Quinque pedum fabricata domus, qua nobile corpus Exigua..."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..."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..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...terram ad portam Collinam dextra viam stratam defossa Scelerato campo; credo ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...quidam obvia aspernati verberibus tormentisque dominorum abdita scrutari, defossa eruere: faces in manibus, quas, ubi praedam egesserant..."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..."
