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transfodio

transfodio, to pierce through, run through, stab through, transfix, transpierce

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

trānsfodiō, fōdī, fossus, 3, a.: to dig through; run through, transfix, 9.544.
trans-fŏdĭo, fōdi, fossum, 3, v. a.,
  • to thrust or run through, to stab through, transfix, transpierce (class., but not in Cic.): Galli in scrobes delapsi transfodiebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 82: deinde fugienti latus transfodisse, Liv. 39, 42, 12: transfosso oculo, Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.: cochlea acu transfossa, Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 31.—In a Greek construction: pectora duro Transfossi ligno, Verg. A. 9, 544.

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