fodio

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *foðjō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to pierce, dig”) (root possibly lacking e-grade). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔ.di.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.di.o] === Verb === fodiō (present infinitive fodere, perfect active fōdī, supine fossum); third (-iō variant) conjugation (literal) to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry Synonym: effodiō ager frugifer, argentum etiam incolae fodiunt ― The soil is fertile, (and) inhabitants dig the silver also (transferred sense, Classical Latin) to prick, prod, pierce, thrust, jab, stab, wound Synonyms: trānsfīgō, peragō, fīgō, intrō, trāiciō, percutiō, cōnfodiō, trānsigō (figuratively) to goad, sting, disturb ==== Conjugation ==== Note that the present passive infinitive is sometimes written as fodirī instead of fodī. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fossa fossātus fossula ==== Descendants ==== === References === “fodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers fodio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication "fodio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fodio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229