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per-fŏdĭo , fōdi (perfodīvi, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64 Ritschl
I.N. cr.), fossum, 3, v. a.
I. To dig through, to pierce through, transfix (class.): “parietes,” Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17: parietem, id. l. l.; Cic. Vatin. 5, 11; Vulg. Matt. 24, 43: “montem,” Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9: “Athone perfosso,” Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: “thorax perfossus,” Verg. A. 11, 10: “pectus,” Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6: “pectora,” Stat. Th. 9, 522: “spinā argenteā dentes,” to pick, Petr. 33.—Hence,
2. To break into: “perfodit in tenebris domos,” Vulg. Job, 24, 16; id. Matt. 24, 43.—
II. To make by digging through: “fretum,” Liv. 33, 17, 6.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • New Testament, Matthew, 24.43
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 5.11
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.10
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 17.6
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.34
    • Statius, Thebias, 9
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