defossam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Senex avarus vix sibi credens Euclio domi suae defossam multis cum opibus aulam invenit, rursumque penitus conditam exanguis..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...agros corporis partes uagas inquirite.--istam terra defossam premat, grauisque tellus impio capiti incubet. Seneca the YoungerThe Latin..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Mallovendus nuper in deditionem acceptus propinquo luco defossam Varianae legionis aquilam modico praesidio servari indicat. missa extemplo manus..."