fŏdīna

ae, f.

id.; a place from which a mineral is dug

I. a pit, mine: argenti, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 22; Vitr. 7, 7 (also written in one word argentifodina, v. h. v.); Dig. 27, 9, 3 al.; Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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