stab (v.) Copy link Outline 1. fŏdio, fōdi, ssum., 32. use gen. term. fĕrio, percussi, ssum, fĕrīre3. perfŏro, 14. vulnĕro, 1 • stab (v.): 1. fŏdio, fōdi, ssum., 3: to s. with a dagger, pugione f., Tac. H. 4, 29: Liv. Strengthened, confŏdio, 3: Sall. Cat. 28: v. to pierce. 2. use gen. term. fĕrio, percussi, ssum, fĕrīre: he s.'d himself in the side, latus sibi percussit: to wound by s.ing., punctim f., Veg. 1, 12: v. to strike. 3. perfŏro, 1: Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 26 (perforat ense latus). 4. vulnĕro, 1: v. to wound. Phr.: to s. any one in the neck, ferrum jugulo adigere, Suet. Ner. 49: she s.s herself to the heart, cultrum in corde defigit, Liv. 1, 58, extr.: he s.s the girl to the heart, pectus puellae transfigit, id. 3, 48: to s. any one in the breast, gladium alicui in pectus infigere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: also, gladium pectori inf., Tac. A. 1, 43.