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..."- T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...spectat. Leucadia nunc insula est, uadoso freto quod perfossum manu est ab Acarnania diuisa; tum paeninsula erat, occidentis..."