defossis
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. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →defossum, defossi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
underground chamber, place dug out;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- L
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..."
