fossatum
Latin
Etymology
From fossō (“dig”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fosˈsaː.tum/, [fɔs̠ˈs̠äːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fosˈsa.tum/, [fosˈsäːt̪um]
Noun
fossātum n (genitive fossātī); second declension
- a ditch, especially in earthwork fortifications.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fossātum | fossāta |
Genitive | fossātī | fossātōrum |
Dative | fossātō | fossātīs |
Accusative | fossātum | fossāta |
Ablative | fossātō | fossātīs |
Vocative | fossātum | fossāta |
Related terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: fusate, fusati
- Italian: fossato
- Old French: fossé
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: fosado
- Sicilian: fussatu
- → Arabic: فسطاط (fusṭāṭ)
- → Ancient Greek: φοσσᾶτον (phossâton), φουσσᾶτον (phoussâton)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) fossātum
References
- “fossatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fossatum 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)
- fossatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.