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
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Senex avarus vix sibi credens Euclio domi suae defossam multis cum opibus aulam invenit, rursumque penitus conditam exanguis..."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..."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..."