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

1. 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

• fodicō
• fodīna
• fodiō
• fossa

• fossātus
• fossīcius
• fossilis
• fossiō

• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius

• fossula
• fossūra
• fossus

Descendants

• Aromanian: fusate, fusati
• Italian: fossato
• Old French: fossé
  • Middle French: fossé
    • French: fossé
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: fosado
• Sicilian: fussatu
• → Arabic: فسطاط (fusṭāṭ)
• → Ancient Greek: φοσσᾶτον (phossâton), φουσσᾶτον (phoussâton)
  • Greek: φουσάτο (fousáto)
  • → Albanian: fshat
    • → Romanian: sat, fsat — obsolete

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fossātum

1. accusative masculine singular of fossātus

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.