fossatum

== Latin == === Etymology === From fossō (“to dig”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔsˈsaː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fosˈsaː.tum] === Noun === fossātum n (genitive fossātī); second declension (from 3rd century CE) trench particularly for military use, a ditch especially in earthwork fortifications (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) fortification around trenches; camp, military base (Medieval Latin, Hispania) army, camp ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === fossātum accusative masculine singular of fossātus === References === “fossatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "fossatum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fossatum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Johannes Kramer (2010), “φοσσᾶτον / fossatum”, in Von der Papyrologie zur Romanistik (Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete; Beiheft 30), De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 350 seqq.