perfossus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...vulneribus altis in cervice atque in latere equus perfossus esset, moribundus tamen ac prope iam exsanguis e mediis..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...anni: figitur ora Lamus, flet saucius inguina Lygdus, perfossus telo niueam gemis, Aeole, frontem. te praeceps Euboea tulit..."