fodio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *foðjō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to pierce, dig”) (root possibly lacking e-grade).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.di.oː/, [ˈfɔd̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.di.o/, [ˈfɔːd̪io]
Verb edit
fodiō (present infinitive fodere, perfect active fōdī, supine fossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- (literal) to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
- (transferred sense, Classical Latin) to prick, prod, pierce, thrust, jab, stab, wound
- (figuratively) to goad, sting, disturb
Conjugation edit
Note that the present passive infinitive is sometimes written as fodirī instead of fodī.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of fodiō in other languages
References edit
- “fodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fodio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- fodio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN