confodio

cōn-fodiō fōdī, fossus, ere. — Prop.,

to dig up, dig over; hence, to transfix, stab, pierce: ibique pugnans confoditur, S.: aliquot volneribus, L.: confossus, V.: alqm harpe, O.—Fig., to transfix: tot iudiciis confossi, i. e. hopelessly convicted, L.