perfossum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Argum et male dilectum miserae Cydona sorori. [illi perfossum telo patefecerat inguen] . . . 760a huic geminum obliqua traiecit harundine..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...thalamis potiare iacens, sileamus inulti Tydeos egregii perfossum pectus et arma foederis abrupti? quodsi bella effera Graios ferre..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...spectat. Leucadia nunc insula est, uadoso freto quod perfossum manu est ab Acarnania diuisa; tum paeninsula erat, occidentis..."