per-fŏdĭo, fōdi (perfodīvi, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 64 Ritschl 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.