fossorius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”) + -tōrius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fosˈsoː.ri.us/, [fɔs̠ˈs̠oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fosˈso.ri.us/, [fosˈsɔːrius]
Adjective
[edit]fossōrius (feminine fossōria, neuter fossōrium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | fossōrius | fossōria | fossōrium | fossōriī | fossōriae | fossōria | |
| genitive | fossōriī | fossōriae | fossōriī | fossōriōrum | fossōriārum | fossōriōrum | |
| dative | fossōriō | fossōriae | fossōriō | fossōriīs | |||
| accusative | fossōrium | fossōriam | fossōrium | fossōriōs | fossōriās | fossōria | |
| ablative | fossōriō | fossōriā | fossōriō | fossōriīs | |||
| vocative | fossōrie | fossōria | fossōrium | fossōriī | fossōriae | fossōria | |
Derived terms
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Descendants
[edit]- → English: fossorial
References
[edit]- “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.