defosso
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.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →defossum, defossi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
underground chamber, place dug out;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...excavata in specum recesserunt? Quid ergo? non in defosso latent Syrticae gentes quibusque propter nimios solis ardores nullum..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...positio eficit: in deuexo fluit, in plano et defosso continetur et stagnat. Aliquando in aduersum spiritu impellitur: tunc..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nostros, hoc tuam immani sinu demitte uallem nosque defossos tege Acheronte toto. Noxiae supra caput animae uagentur nostrum..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...certaverunt per triduum. Navali proelio in minore Codeta defosso lacu biremes ac triremes quadriremesque Tyriae et Aegyptiae classis..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...radiis Hyperione natus iterque dat tibi, qua possis defossos promere vultus; nec tu iam poteras enectum pondere terrae..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...notasse satis erit. Cum sine provocatione creati essent, defosso cadavere domi apud P. Sestium, patriciae gentis virum, invento..."
