effodio

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfodiō
• exfodiō

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ fodiō (“dig”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛfˈfɔ.di.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [efˈfɔː.d̪i.o]

Verb

effodiō (present infinitive effodere, perfect active effōdī, supine effossum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to dig out or up, excavate, mine

   Synonym: fodiō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.427:

     hīc portūs aliī effodiunt

     Here some [workers] are excavating a harbor

2. to hollow out

Conjugation

   Conjugation of effodiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	effodiō		effodis		effodit		effodimus		effoditis		effodiunt
	imperfect	effodiēbam		effodiēbās		effodiēbat		effodiēbāmus		effodiēbātis		effodiēbant
	future	effodiam		effodiēs		effodiet		effodiēmus		effodiētis		effodient
	perfect	effōdī		effōdistī		effōdit		effōdimus		effōdistis		effōdērunt, effōdēre
	pluperfect	effōderam		effōderās		effōderat		effōderāmus		effōderātis		effōderant
	future perfect	effōderō		effōderis		effōderit		effōderimus		effōderitis		effōderint
passive	present	effodior		effoderis, effodere		effoditur		effodimur		effodiminī		effodiuntur
	imperfect	effodiēbar		effodiēbāris, effodiēbāre		effodiēbātur		effodiēbāmur		effodiēbāminī		effodiēbantur
	future	effodiar		effodiēris, effodiēre		effodiētur		effodiēmur		effodiēminī		effodientur
	perfect	effossus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effossus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effossus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	effodiam		effodiās		effodiat		effodiāmus		effodiātis		effodiant
	imperfect	effoderem		effoderēs		effoderet		effoderēmus		effoderētis		effoderent
	perfect	effōderim		effōderīs		effōderit		effōderīmus		effōderītis		effōderint
	pluperfect	effōdissem		effōdissēs		effōdisset		effōdissēmus		effōdissētis		effōdissent
passive	present	effodiar		effodiāris, effodiāre		effodiātur		effodiāmur		effodiāminī		effodiantur
	imperfect	effoderer		effoderēris, effoderēre		effoderētur		effoderēmur		effoderēminī		effoderentur
	perfect	effossus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	effossus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		effode		—		—		effodite		—
	future	—		effoditō		effoditō		—		effoditōte		effodiuntō
passive	present	—		effodere		—		—		effodiminī		—
	future	—		effoditor		effoditor		—		—		effodiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		effodere			effodī			effodiēns			—
future		effossūrum esse			effossum īrī			effossūrus			effodiendus, effodiundus
perfect		effōdisse			effossum esse			—			effossus
future perfect		—			effossum fore			—			—
perfect potential		effossūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		effodiendī		effodiendō		effodiendum		effodiendō		effossum		effossū

Derived terms

• effossiō

Related terms

• affodiō
• circumfodiō
• confodiō
• dēfodiō
• fodiō
• infodiō
• interfodiō
• perfodiō
• praefodiō
• suffodiō
• transfodiō

References

• “effodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• effodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.