effodio

Latin

Alternative forms

• ecfodiō
• exfodiō

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ fodiō (“dig”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfo.di.oː/, [ɛfˈfɔd̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfo.di.o/, [efˈfɔːd̪io]

Verb

effodiō (present infinitive effodere, perfect active effōdī, supine effossum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to dig out or up, excavate, mine

   Synonym: fodiō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.427:

     hīc portūs aliī effodiunt

     Here some [workers] are excavating a harbor

2. to hollow out

Conjugation

Conjugation of effodiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effodiō	effodis	effodit	effodimus	effoditis	effodiunt
	imperfect	effodiēbam	effodiēbās	effodiēbat	effodiēbāmus	effodiēbātis	effodiēbant
	future	effodiam	effodiēs	effodiet	effodiēmus	effodiētis	effodient
	perfect	effōdī	effōdistī	effōdit	effōdimus	effōdistis	effōdērunt, effōdēre
	pluperfect	effōderam	effōderās	effōderat	effōderāmus	effōderātis	effōderant
	future perfect	effōderō	effōderis	effōderit	effōderimus	effōderitis	effōderint
passive	present	effodior	effoderis, effodere	effoditur	effodimur	effodiminī	effodiuntur
	imperfect	effodiēbar	effodiēbāris, effodiēbāre	effodiēbātur	effodiēbāmur	effodiēbāminī	effodiēbantur
	future	effodiar	effodiēris, effodiēre	effodiētur	effodiēmur	effodiēminī	effodientur
	perfect	effossus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	effossus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	effossus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	effodiam	effodiās	effodiat	effodiāmus	effodiātis	effodiant
	imperfect	effoderem	effoderēs	effoderet	effoderēmus	effoderētis	effoderent
	perfect	effōderim	effōderīs	effōderit	effōderīmus	effōderītis	effōderint
	pluperfect	effōdissem	effōdissēs	effōdisset	effōdissēmus	effōdissētis	effōdissent
passive	present	effodiar	effodiāris, effodiāre	effodiātur	effodiāmur	effodiāminī	effodiantur
	imperfect	effoderer	effoderēris, effoderēre	effoderētur	effoderēmur	effoderēminī	effoderentur
	perfect	effossus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	effossus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	effode	—	—	effodite	—
	future	—	effoditō	effoditō	—	effoditōte	effodiuntō
passive	present	—	effodere	—	—	effodiminī	—
	future	—	effoditor	effoditor	—	—	effodiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		effodere	effōdisse	effossūrum esse	effodī	effossum esse	effossum īrī
participles		effodiēns	—	effossūrus	—	effossus	effodiendus, effodiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		effodiendī	effodiendō	effodiendum	effodiendō	effossum	effossū

Derived terms

• effossiō

Related terms

Related terms

• affodiō
• circumfodiō
• confodiō
• dēfodiō
• fodiō
• infodiō
• interfodiō
• perfodiō
• praefodiō
• suffodiō
• transfodiō

References

• “effodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• effodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.