fossatus

Latin

Etymology

From fossō (“dig, pierce”), frequentative of fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fosˈsaː.tus/, [fɔs̠ˈs̠äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fosˈsa.tus/, [fosˈsäːt̪us]

Noun

fossātus m (genitive fossātī); second declension

1. A boundary.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fossātus	fossātī
genitive	fossātī	fossātōrum
dative	fossātō	fossātīs
accusative	fossātum	fossātōs
ablative	fossātō	fossātīs
vocative	fossāte	fossātī

Related terms

Related terms

• fodicō
• fodīna
• fodiō
• fossa
• fossātum
• fossīcius
• fossilis
• fossiō
• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius
• fossula
• fossūra
• fossus

References

• “fossatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press