effoditis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →effodio, effodere, effodi, effossus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dig out, excavate; gouge out;
pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- M
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..." - P
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..."