circumfodio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈfo.di.oː/, [kɪr.kũːˈfɔ.di.oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈfo.di.o/, [t͡ʃir.kumˈfoː.di.o]
Verb
circumfodiō (present infinitive circumfodere, perfect active circumfōdī, supine circumfossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I dig around or about
- c. 400 CE, Palladius, Opus agriculturae 4.10.19:
- Amat putari atque circumfodi et parco umore inter siccitates saepe refoveri.
- It likes to be pruned and dug, and to be often refreshed with a little water in dry seasons.
- Amat putari atque circumfodi et parco umore inter siccitates saepe refoveri.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- circumfossor
- circumfossus
References
- circumfodio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumfodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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