LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation

perfodiō

perfodiō (present infinitive perfodere, perfect active perfōdī, supine perfossum)
Classical[pɛrˈfɔ.di.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈfɔː.di.o]
perfossus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to dig or pierce through, transfix, stab, perforate
  2. to make by digging through; break into

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Conjugation

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perfodiōperfodiēbamperfodiamperfōdī
perfōdīri
perfōderamperfōderō
2nd sg.perfodisperfodiēbāsperfodiēsperfōdistīperfōderāsperfōderis
3rd sg.perfoditperfodiēbatperfodietperfōditperfōderatperfōderit
1st pl.perfodimusperfodiēbāmusperfodiēmusperfōdimusperfōderāmusperfōderimus
2nd pl.perfoditisperfodiēbātisperfodiētisperfōdistisperfōderātisperfōderitis
3rd pl.perfodiuntperfodiēbantperfodientperfōdērunt
perfōdēre
perfōderantperfōderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perfodiamperfoderemperfōderimperfōdissem
2nd sg.perfodiāsperfoderēsperfōderīsperfōdissēs
3rd sg.perfodiatperfoderetperfōderitperfōdisset
1st pl.perfodiāmusperfoderēmusperfōderīmusperfōdissēmus
2nd pl.perfodiātisperfoderētisperfōderītisperfōdissētis
3rd pl.perfodiantperfoderentperfōderintperfōdissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perfodiorperfodiēbarperfodiar
2nd sg.perfoderis
perfodere
perfodiēbāris
perfodiēbāre
perfodiēris
perfodiēre
3rd sg.perfoditurperfodiēbāturperfodiētur
1st pl.perfodimurperfodiēbāmurperfodiēmur
2nd pl.perfodiminīperfodiēbāminīperfodiēminī
3rd pl.perfodiunturperfodiēbanturperfodientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perfodiarperfoderer
2nd sg.perfodiāris
perfodiāre
perfoderēris
perfoderēre
3rd sg.perfodiāturperfoderētur
1st pl.perfodiāmurperfoderēmur
2nd pl.perfodiāminīperfoderēminī
3rd pl.perfodianturperfoderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perfodeperfodere
pres. 2nd pl.perfoditeperfodiminī
fut. 2nd sg.perfoditōperfoditor
fut. 3rd sg.perfoditōperfoditor
fut. 2nd pl.perfoditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perfodiuntōperfodiuntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperfodereperfodī
perfect infinitiveperfōdisseperfossum esse
future infinitiveperfossūrum esseperfossum īrī
present participleperfodiēns—
perfect participle—perfossus
perfossa, perfossā, perfossae, perfossam, perfossārum, perfossās, perfosse, perfossī, perfossīs, perfossō, perfossōrum, perfossōs
future participleperfossūrus
perfossūra, perfossūrā, perfossūrae, perfossūram, perfossūrārum, perfossūrās, perfossūre, perfossūrī, perfossūrīs, perfossūrō, perfossūrōrum, perfossūrōs, perfossūrum
perfodiendus
perfodiundus, perfodienda, perfodiendā, perfodiendae, perfodiendam, perfodiendārum, perfodiendās, perfodiende, perfodiendīs, perfodiendōrum, perfodiendōs
gerundperfodiendī, perfodiendō, perfodiendumsupineperfossum, perfossū

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

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰódʰh₂ey Proto-Italic *foðjō Latin fodiō Latin perfodiō From per- (“through, along; during”) + fodiō (“dig”).

Quick answers

What does perfodiō mean in Latin?
perfodiō, a verb, means “to dig or pierce through, transfix, stab, perforate; to make by digging through; break into”.
What are the principal parts of perfodiō?
perfodiō, perfodere, perfōdī (third (-iō variant) conjugation).
How do you pronounce perfodiō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈfɔ.di.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈfɔː.di.o].