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Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, along; during”) + fodiō (“dig”).
Pronunciation
Verb
perfodiō (present infinitive perfodere, perfect active perfōdī, supine perfossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to dig or pierce through, transfix, stab, perforate
- to make by digging through; break into
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References
- “perfodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perfodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perfodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.