fossus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of fodiō (“to dig; to pierce; to goad”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfos.sus/, [ˈfɔs̠ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.sus/, [ˈfɔsːus]
Participle
[edit]fossus (feminine fossa, neuter fossum); first/second-declension participle
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | fossus | fossa | fossum | fossī | fossae | fossa | |
| genitive | fossī | fossae | fossī | fossōrum | fossārum | fossōrum | |
| dative | fossō | fossae | fossō | fossīs | |||
| accusative | fossum | fossam | fossum | fossōs | fossās | fossa | |
| ablative | fossō | fossā | fossō | fossīs | |||
| vocative | fosse | fossa | fossum | fossī | fossae | fossa | |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “fossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fossus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fossus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.