dē-fodiō fōdī, fossus, ere, to dig deep, dig up, make by digging: specus, V.: terram, H.

— To bury, cover with earth: thesaurum defossum esse sub lecto: signum in terram, L.: novaculam in comitio: alqm humo, O.: iacent defossa talenta, V.: abdita ac defossa (sc. loca), i. e. caves, Ta.

— To hide, conceal, cover: defodiet (aetas) condetque nitentia, H.: Defossa in loculis sportula, Iu.