fossus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of fodiō (“to dig; to pierce; to goad”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔs.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔs.sus]

Participle

fossus (feminine fossa, neuter fossum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of fodiō

Inflection

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

• fossa (noun)
• fossīcius, fossītius (adjective)

Related terms

• fossātum
• fossilis
• fossiō
• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius
• fossūra

Descendants

• Italian: fosso
• Sicilian: fossu

References

• “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, 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.