fossio

Latin

Etymology

From fodiō (“to dig; mine, quarry”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.si.oː/, [ˈfɔs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.si.o/, [ˈfɔsːio]

Noun

fossiō f (genitive fossiōnis); third declension

1. A digging; pit, ditch.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fossiō	fossiōnēs
genitive	fossiōnis	fossiōnum
dative	fossiōnī	fossiōnibus
accusative	fossiōnem	fossiōnēs
ablative	fossiōne	fossiōnibus
vocative	fossiō	fossiōnēs

Synonyms

• (digging): fossūra

Related terms

Related terms

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

References

• “fossio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fossio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fossio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.