perfodere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perfodio, perfodere, perfodi, perfossus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bore/dig/make hole/passage/channel/break in/through; dig/pierce/stab/perforate;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...urbem condere, sed ante omnia Isthmum in Achaia perfodere, miseratque iam ad dimetiendum opus primipilarem. Hactenus quasi..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...mari Supero per Appennini dorsum ad Tiberim usque; perfodere Isthmum; Dacos, qui se in Pontum et Thraciam effuderant..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...foris reliquisset. Praeclarum quidem illud eiusdem, ferrum stringere, perfodere pectus, extrahere pugionem, porrigere marito, addere vocem immortalem..."