fossura
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fosˈsuː.ra/, [fɔs̠ˈs̠uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fosˈsu.ra/, [fosˈsuːrä]
Noun edit
fossūra f (genitive fossūrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fossūra | fossūrae |
Genitive | fossūrae | fossūrārum |
Dative | fossūrae | fossūrīs |
Accusative | fossūram | fossūrās |
Ablative | fossūrā | fossūrīs |
Vocative | fossūra | fossūrae |
Synonyms edit
- (digging): fossiō
Related terms edit
Related terms
References edit
- “fossura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fossura 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)
- fossura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.