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Latin
Etymology
From trāns- (“across, beyond”) + fodiō (“dig”).
Pronunciation
Verb
trānsfodiō (present infinitive trānsfodere, perfect active trānsfōdī, supine trānsfossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to thrust, stab or run through, transfix, transpierce
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References
- “transfodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “transfodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- transfodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.