Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of dēfodiō.

Participle edit

dēfossus (feminine dēfossa, neuter dēfossum); first/second-declension participle

  1. excavated, planted, hidden

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dēfossus dēfossa dēfossum dēfossī dēfossae dēfossa
Genitive dēfossī dēfossae dēfossī dēfossōrum dēfossārum dēfossōrum
Dative dēfossō dēfossō dēfossīs
Accusative dēfossum dēfossam dēfossum dēfossōs dēfossās dēfossa
Ablative dēfossō dēfossā dēfossō dēfossīs
Vocative dēfosse dēfossa dēfossum dēfossī dēfossae dēfossa

References edit

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