verb transitive

trans-fŏdĭo

2nd PP trans-fŏdere · 3rd PP transfōdi · 4th PP transfossum · conj. 3rd-io

to thrust; run through; to stab through ••

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.

Perseus ID: n48784 Key: transfodio