dossum
Latin
Etymology
Colloquial form of dorsum. For the development of -rs- > -ss- compare prōsum, rūsum, sūsum (with subsequent shortening of -ss- after long vowels) and the Romance descendants of deorsum, ursus.
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈdɔsso/
Noun
dossum n (genitive dossī); second declension
- (Vulgar Latin) Alternative form of dorsum
- [AD 98–138, Velius Longus, Henricus Keilius, editor, Liber de orthographia (Grammatici Latini; VII), published 1880, lines 4–6, page 79:
- sic et dossum per duo s quam per r dorsum quidam ut lenius enuntiaverunt. ac tota r littera sublata est in eo quod est rusum et retrosum.
- And in this way, some [say] "dossum" with two s's instead of "dorsum" with an r to sound gentler. But to all, r is a sunk letter in "rusum" and "retrosum".]
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Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dossum | dossa |
Genitive | dossī | dossōrum |
Dative | dossō | dossīs |
Accusative | dossum | dossa |
Ablative | dossō | dossīs |
Vocative | dossum | dossa |
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: dos
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: dosso
- Spanish: Dueso (toponym)
- Italo-Romance:
- Dalmatian: duas
- Italian: dosso
- Òc:
- Catalan: dos (archaic)
- Oïl:
- French: dos
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: dies