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con-fŏdĭo , fōdi, fossum, 3,
I.to dig thoroughly, dig round about, to prepare by digging (orig. pertaining to agriculture).
I. Prop.: “terram minute,Cato, R. R. 129: “jugera,Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 2: “hortum,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 66: loca palustria, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 141, 31: “vineta,Col. 4, 5: “salices,Plin. 17, 20, 32, § 142.—
II. Trop. (rare; not ante-Aug.): tot judiciis confossi, praedamnatique, = pierced through, Liv. 5, 11, 12: “mala quae vos ab omni parte confodiunt,Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 6: “cujus causa, quamquam gravissimis criminibus erat confossa,” i. e. seriously damaged, Val. Max. 8, 1, abs. 11: quaedam (scripta) notis confodias, you strike or cross out, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13.—Hence, confos-sus , a, um, P. a., pierced through, full of holes: “te faciam Confossiorem soricina nenia,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 48.
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