fosso

See also: Fossò

Italian

Etymology

From fossa. Compare with Neapolitan fuosso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɔsso
• Hyphenation: fòs‧so

Noun

fosso m (plural fossi)

1. ditch
2. moat

Derived terms

• refosso / rifosso

Descendants

• → Spanish: foso

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of fodiō (“dig, excavate; mine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.soː/, [ˈfɔs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.so/, [ˈfɔsːo]

Verb

fossō (present infinitive fossāre, perfect active fossāvī, supine fossātum); first conjugation

1. (with the sense of being done often) to dig, pierce

Conjugation

Conjugation of fossō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fossō	fossās	fossat	fossāmus	fossātis	fossant
	imperfect	fossābam	fossābās	fossābat	fossābāmus	fossābātis	fossābant
	future	fossābō	fossābis	fossābit	fossābimus	fossābitis	fossābunt
	perfect	fossāvī	fossāvistī	fossāvit	fossāvimus	fossāvistis	fossāvērunt, fossāvēre
	pluperfect	fossāveram	fossāverās	fossāverat	fossāverāmus	fossāverātis	fossāverant
	future perfect	fossāverō	fossāveris	fossāverit	fossāverimus	fossāveritis	fossāverint
passive	present	fossor	fossāris, fossāre	fossātur	fossāmur	fossāminī	fossantur
	imperfect	fossābar	fossābāris, fossābāre	fossābātur	fossābāmur	fossābāminī	fossābantur
	future	fossābor	fossāberis, fossābere	fossābitur	fossābimur	fossābiminī	fossābuntur
	perfect	fossātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fossātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fossātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fossem	fossēs	fosset	fossēmus	fossētis	fossent
	imperfect	fossārem	fossārēs	fossāret	fossārēmus	fossārētis	fossārent
	perfect	fossāverim	fossāverīs	fossāverit	fossāverīmus	fossāverītis	fossāverint
	pluperfect	fossāvissem	fossāvissēs	fossāvisset	fossāvissēmus	fossāvissētis	fossāvissent
passive	present	fosser	fossēris, fossēre	fossētur	fossēmur	fossēminī	fossentur
	imperfect	fossārer	fossārēris, fossārēre	fossārētur	fossārēmur	fossārēminī	fossārentur
	perfect	fossātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fossātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fossā	—	—	fossāte	—
	future	—	fossātō	fossātō	—	fossātōte	fossantō
passive	present	—	fossāre	—	—	fossāminī	—
	future	—	fossātor	fossātor	—	—	fossantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fossāre	fossāvisse	fossātūrum esse	fossārī	fossātum esse	fossātum īrī
participles		fossāns	—	fossātūrus	—	fossātus	fossandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fossandī	fossandō	fossandum	fossandō	fossātum	fossātū

Derived terms

• fossātum
• fossātus

Related terms

Related terms

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

References

• “fosso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fosso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Possibly an alteration of fossa (“hole, cavity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.su/

Noun

fosso m (plural fossos)

1. ditch, trench

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.su/

Verb

fosso

1. first-person singular present indicative of fossar