fossorius

Latin

Etymology

From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fosˈsoː.ri.us/, [fɔs̠ˈs̠oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fosˈso.ri.us/, [fosˈsɔːrius]

Adjective

fossōrius (feminine fossōria, neuter fossōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Adapted to digging, fit for delving.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fossōrius	fossōria	fossōrium		fossōriī	fossōriae	fossōria
Genitive	fossōriī	fossōriae	fossōriī		fossōriōrum	fossōriārum	fossōriōrum
Dative	fossōriō		fossōriō		fossōriīs
Accusative	fossōrium	fossōriam	fossōrium		fossōriōs	fossōriās	fossōria
Ablative	fossōriō	fossōriā	fossōriō		fossōriīs
Vocative	fossōrie	fossōria	fossōrium		fossōriī	fossōriae	fossōria

Derived terms

• fossōria

Related terms

Related terms

• fodicō
• fodīna
• fodiō
• fossa

• fossātum
• fossātus
• fossīcius

• fossilis
• fossō
• fossor

• fossula
• fossūra
• fossus

Descendants

• → English: fossorial

References

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