suffodio
Latin
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editEtymology
editFrom sub- (“under; behind; at the foot of;”) + fodiō (“dig”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sufˈfo.di.oː/, [s̠ʊfˈfɔd̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sufˈfo.di.o/, [sufˈfɔːd̪io]
Verb
editsuffodiō (present infinitive suffodere, perfect active suffōdī, supine suffossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to dig or pierce underneath, dig or burrow under, pierce or bore through; sap, undermine
- to pierce, stab or prod underneath or below
Conjugation
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References
edit- “suffodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suffodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suffodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.