confodio
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom con- (“with, together”) + fodiō (“dig; thrust, stab”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈfo.di.oː/, [kõːˈfɔd̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈfo.di.o/, [koɱˈfɔːd̪io]
Verb
editcōnfodiō (present infinitive cōnfodere, perfect active cōnfōdī, supine cōnfossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to dig (thoroughly), dig up or over, dig round about, turn over (of land), prepare by digging
- (figuratively) to strike down by stabbing, pierce, stab, transfix, damage
Conjugation
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References
edit- “confodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.