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perfodio

perfodio, to dig through, pierce through, transfix

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

perfodiō, fōdī, fossus, 3, a.: to dig or pierce through, transfix, 11.10.
per-fŏdĭo, fōdi (perfodīvi, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64 (142) Ritschl N. cr.), fossum, 3, v. a.
  • I To dig through, to pierce through, transfix (class.): parietes, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17 (561): parietem, id. l. l.; Cic. Vatin. 5, 11; Vulg. Matt. 24, 43: montem, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9: Athone perfosso, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: thorax perfossus, Verg. A. 11, 10: pectus, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6: pectora, Stat. Th. 9, 522: spinā argenteā dentes, to pick, Petr. 33, 1.—Hence,
      • 2 To break into: perfodit in tenebris domos, Vulg. Job 24, 16; id. Matt. 24, 43.—
  • II To make by digging through: fretum, Liv. 33, 17, 6.

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