fossula
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fossula (“small ditch or trench”).
Noun edit
fossula (plural fossulae or fossulæ)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of fossa (“ditch, trench”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.su.la/, [ˈfɔs̠ːʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.su.la/, [ˈfɔsːulä]
Noun edit
fossula f (genitive fossulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fossula | fossulae |
Genitive | fossulae | fossulārum |
Dative | fossulae | fossulīs |
Accusative | fossulam | fossulās |
Ablative | fossulā | fossulīs |
Vocative | fossula | fossulae |
Related terms edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “fossula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fossula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.