fossio

Latin

Etymology

From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.si.oː/, [ˈfɔs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.si.o/, [ˈfɔsːio]

Noun

fossiō f (genitive fossiōnis); third declension

1. A digging; pit, ditch.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fossiō	fossiōnēs
Genitive	fossiōnis	fossiōnum
Dative	fossiōnī	fossiōnibus
Accusative	fossiōnem	fossiōnēs
Ablative	fossiōne	fossiōnibus
Vocative	fossiō	fossiōnēs

Synonyms

• (digging): fossūra

Related terms

Related terms

• fodicō
• fodīna
• fodiō
• fossa

• fossātum
• fossātus
• fossīcius
• fossilis

• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius

• fossula
• fossūra
• fossus

References

• “fossio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fossio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fossio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.