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|lshtext=<b>ef-fŏdĭo</b>: also exf- and ecf- (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 767, 769), fōdi, fossum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> inf. [[pass]].: ecfodiri, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 44; 2, 4, 21), v. a., to [[dig]] [[out]], [[dig]] up ([[class]].): nec [[ferrum]], aes, [[argentum]], [[aurum]] effoderetur, Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.: carbones e sepulcris, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 41: lapides puteis, id. 36, 22, 45, § 161: aulam auri plenam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 9; cf. thensaurum, id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 8: [[opes]], Ov. M. 1, 140; and [[facetiously]]: ex hoc sepulcro vetere (i. e. ex sene avaro) [[viginti]] minas Ecfodiam ego [[hodie]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 20: [[signum]], Liv. 22, 3 fin.: [[saxum]] [[medio]] de limite, Juv. 16, 38 et saep,: spoliatis effossisque eorum domibus, ransacked, Caes. B. C. 3, 42 fin.; cf.: terram altius, Quint. 10, 3, 2: humum rastello, Suet. Ner. 19: montem, id. Claud. 25: tellurem, Petr. poët. 128, 6, 2: lacum, Suet. Dom. 4; cf. cavernas, i. e. to [[make]] by digging, id. Ner. 48: sepulcra, Verg. G. 1, 497 et saep.—In the voc. [[part]]. [[pass]].: ex sterquilinio effosse, thou dug from a [[dung]]-[[hill]]! Plaut. Cas. 1, 26.—Esp. freq.: ecfodere oculos or oculum (alicui), to [[scratch]] [[out]], [[tear]] [[out]], Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 14; id. Curc. 3, 26; id. Men. 1, 2, 46; id. Mil. 2, 3, 44; id. Trin. 2, 4, 62; * Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; Cic. Rep. 3, 17; Suet. Dom. 17; Vulg. 4 Reg. 25, 7 et saep.; cf. [[lumen]], Verg. A. 3, 663; and transf.: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91: effossum alterum Romani imperii [[lumen]], Vell. 2, 52, 3.—So, [[too]], vesicam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 22; and [[poet]].: viscera, i. e. to [[cause]] [[abortion]], Ov. Am. 2, 14, 27.
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|gf=<b>effŏdĭō</b>¹⁰ <b>(ecf-)</b>, ōdī, [[ossum]], ĕre (ex, [[fodio]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> retirer en creusant, déterrer, extraire : [[aurum]] Cic. Off. 2, 13, extraire de l’or, cf. Rep. 2, 61 ; Pl. Trin. 783 &#124;&#124; oculum, oculos alicui, arracher (crever) un œil, les yeux à qqn : Pl. Aul. 53 ; Capt. 463 ; Cic. Rep. 3, 27<br /><b>2</b> creuser, fouir : Quint. 10, 3, 2 ; Suet. [[Nero]] 19 &#124;&#124; faire en creusant : lacum Suet. Dom. 4, creuser un [[lac]] &#124;&#124; remuer, bouleverser : domos Cæs. C. 3, 42, 5, saccager les maisons. inf. arch. exfodiri Pl. Mil. 315.||oculum, oculos alicui, arracher (crever) un œil, les yeux à qqn : Pl. Aul. 53 ; Capt. 463 ; Cic. Rep. 3, 27<br /><b>2</b> creuser, fouir : Quint. 10, 3, 2 ; Suet. [[Nero]] 19||faire en creusant : lacum Suet. Dom. 4, creuser un [[lac]]||remuer, bouleverser : domos Cæs. C. 3, 42, 5, saccager les maisons. inf. arch. exfodiri Pl. Mil. 315.
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