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Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + fodiō (“dig”).
Pronunciation
Verb
effodiō (present infinitive effodere, perfect active effōdī, supine effossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to dig out or up, excavate, mine
- Synonym: fodiō
- to hollow out
Conjugation
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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.