fossura
Latin
Etymology
From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fosˈsuː.ra/, [fɔs̠ˈs̠uːrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fosˈsu.ra/, [fosˈsuːrä]
Noun
fossūra f (genitive fossūrae); first declension
- A digging; pit, ditch.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fossūra | fossūrae |
| Genitive | fossūrae | fossūrārum |
| Dative | fossūrae | fossūrīs |
| Accusative | fossūram | fossūrās |
| Ablative | fossūrā | fossūrīs |
| Vocative | fossūra | fossūrae |
Synonyms
- (digging): fossiō
Related terms
Related terms
- fodicō
- fodīna
- fodiō
- fossa
- fossātum
- fossātus
- fossīcius
- fossilis
- fossiō
- fossō
- fossor
- fossōrius
- fossula
- fossus
References
- “fossura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fossura 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)
- fossura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette