circumfodio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

circum -fŏdĭo: no
I perf., fossum, ĕre (inf. pass.: circumfodiri, Col. 5, 9, 12; cf. fodio), v. n. and a., to dig around something, dig about (agricultural t. t.).
   (a)    Neutr., Cato, R. R. 161. 4.—
   (b)    Act.: truncum, Col. 5, 6, 17: platanos, Sen. Ep 12, 2: arbores, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 248: plantas, Pall. Febr. 20, 2.—Inf. pass.: circumfodi, Pall. Mart. 10, 19.—Part. perf. pass.: circumfosso stipite, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252.