Latin

Verb

fodiō ‎(present infinitive fodere, perfect active fōdī, supine fossum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I dig (up, out or around); bury; dig or clear out the earth from a place; mine, quarry.
2. (figuratively) I prick, prod, pierce, thrust, jab, stab, wound.
3. (figuratively) I goad, sting, disturb.

Inflection

Note that the present passive infinitive is sometimes written as fodirī instead of fodī

Derived terms

Related terms

• fossātum
• fossātus
• fossula

Descendants

• French: fouir, enfouir
• Old Provençal: foire

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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fodio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press