I.to thrust or run through, to stab through, transfix, transpierce (class., but not in Cic.): Galli in scrobes delapsi transfodiebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 82: “deinde fugienti latus transfodisse,” Liv. 39, 42, 12: “transfosso oculo,” Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.: “cochlea acu transfossa,” Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31.—In a Greek construction: “pectora duro Transfossi ligno,” Verg. A. 9, 544.
trans-fŏdĭo , fōdi, fossum, 3, v. a.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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