defossi
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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. 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;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →defossus, defossus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
digging deeply;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...aduersus tonitruum et minas caeli subterraneae domus et defossi in altum specus remedia sunt (ignis ille caelestis..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...fidiculae et ergastula et cruces et circumdati defossis corporibus ignes et cadauera quoque trahens uncus, uaria uinculorum genera..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...caedunt et magno laeti clamore reportant. ipsi in defossis specubus secura sub alta otia agunt terra, congestaque robora..."
