(verb) : per-fŏdĭo, fōdi (perfodīvi, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64 Ritschl
* N. cr.), fossum, 3
* 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
* To break into: perfodit in tenebris domos,Vulg. Job, 24, 16; id. Matt. 24, 43.
* To make by digging through: fretum,Liv. 33, 17, 6.

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