circum -fŏdĭo, no perf., fossum, ĕre (inf. pass.: circumfodiri, Col. 5, 9, 12; cf. fodio), v. n. and a.,
I to dig around something , dig about (agricultural t. t.).
α Neutr. , Cato R. R. 161. 4.—
β Act. : truncum, Col. 5, 6, 17: platanos, Sen. Ep 12, 2: arbores, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 248: plantas, Pall. Febr. 20, 2.— Inf. pass. : circumfodi, Pall. Mart. 10, 19.— Part. perf. pass. : circumfosso stipite, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252.