effode
Dictionary entries
- Entry →effodio, effodere, effodi, effossus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dig out, excavate; gouge out;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...misericors populus, obsta, si cuius clementia tumulum fecerit, effode, et, cum talis sis mater, aude indignari et exclama..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...pretium parvae non leve vita morae. vestra quid effoditis subiectis viscera telis, et nondum natis dira venena datis..."