fossorius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”) + -tōrius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fossōrius | fossōria | fossōrium | fossōriī | fossōriae | fossōria | |
| Genitive | fossōriī | fossōriae | fossōriī | fossōriōrum | fossōriārum | fossōriōrum | |
| Dative | fossōriō | fossōriō | fossōriīs | ||||
| Accusative | fossōrium | fossōriam | fossōrium | fossōriōs | fossōriās | fossōria | |
| Ablative | fossōriō | fossōriā | fossōriō | fossōriīs | |||
| Vocative | fossōrie | fossōria | fossōrium | fossōriī | fossōriae | fossōria | |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Related terms
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.