(verb) : suf-fŏdĭo (subf-), fōdi, fossum, 3
* To dig or pierce underneath; to pierce or bore through; to dig under, sap, undermine (class.; not in Cic.): ilia equis suffodere,Liv. 42, 59: inguina,Suet. Dom. 17: equos,to stab in the belly,Caes. B. G. 4, 12; Tac. A. 1, 65; 2, 11: suffosso equo,Verg. A. 11, 671; Liv. 42, 59; Curt. 4, 13, 33: radices frumenti,Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 184: montes,Vell. 2, 33, 4; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 104; cf.: vineas expediunt suffodiendis muris,Tac. H. 2, 21: Alexandria est fere tota suffossa, undermined, Auct. B. Alex. 5, 1: a cuniculis subfossum in Hispaniā oppidum,Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104: quercus subfossae fluctibus,id. 16, 1, 2, § 5: sacella suffossa, incensa,sapped, overthrown,Cic. Har. Resp. 15: rupes suffossa,Sen. Ep. 90, 6: montes,Vell. 2, 33.