I.perf., ātum, āre, v. a. fodio, to dig, to pierce (rare but class.). *
I. Lit.: mercemur servum, qui dictet nomina, laevum Qui fodicet latus et cogat dextram Porrigere, to dig or jog in the side, * Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 51 (for which fodit, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 17): “lateribus fodicatis,” Amm. 26, 10, p. 98 Bip.—
II. Trop.: “animum fodicant, bona distimulant,” Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 30: cf.: stimulus ego nunc sum tibi; “fodico corculum,” id. Cas. 2, 6, 9: “non est in nostra potestate fodicantibus iis rebus, quas malas esse opinemur, dissimulatio vel oblivio,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 35.
