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per-fŏdĭo, fōdi (perfodīvi, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64 Ritschl N. cr.), fossum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. To dig through, to pierce through, transfix (class.): parietes, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17: 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.
    Hence,
      1. 2. To break into: perfodit in tenebris domos, Vulg. Job, 24, 16; id. Matt. 24, 43.
  2. II. To make by digging through: fretum, Liv. 33, 17, 6.

‡ perfosso, āre, 1, v. a. [perfodio], to dig through: perfosso, διορύσσω, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

perfossor, ōris, m. [perfodio], a digger through, breaker through (ante- and post-class.): perfossor parietum, a house-breaker, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 23; App. Mag. p. 295, 16.