suffodio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

suffodiō (subf-) fōdī, fossus, ere

sub+fodio, to dig under, sap, undermine : murum, S.: sacella suffossa: nullum suffossi specūs vestigium, no indication of a mine , Cu.— To pierce from below, stab underneath, bore through : equis ilia, L.: subfossis equis, stabbed in the belly , Cs.