fodiebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fodio, fodere, fodi, fossus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
dig, dig out/up; stab;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uulnere Myrmidones, quodque inter serta torosque barbara ludentem fodiebat Epopea mater. flet super aequaeuum exarmata Lycaste Cydimon..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...vacca conpare taurus eras. pectora quod rostro cornix fodiebat acuto, ingenium dominae lena movebat anus. quod cunctata..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Sarmatam (neque enim scuto defendi mos est) comminus fodiebat, donec pauci qui proelio superfuerant paludibus abderentur. ibi saevitia..."