circumfodio
Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“circum-”) + fodiō (“I dig, bury”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kũːˈfɔ.di.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈfɔː.d̪i.o]
Verb
circumfodiō (present infinitive circumfodere, perfect active circumfōdī, supine circumfossum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to dig around or about
- c. 400 CE, Palladius, Opus agriculturae 4.10.19:
- Amat putari atque circumfodi et parco umore inter siccitates saepe refoveri.
- It likes to be pruned and dug, and to be often refreshed with a little water in dry seasons.
- Amat putari atque circumfodi et parco umore inter siccitates saepe refoveri.
Conjugation
Conjugation of circumfodiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
Derived terms
- circumfossor
- circumfossus
Descendants
- French: cerfoïr
- Middle French: cerfouir, serfouir
- French: serfouir (with unetymological s- kept in the official spelling)
- Norman: cherfoui'
- Middle French: cerfouir, serfouir
References
- “circumfodio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumfodio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.