fossorius

== Latin == === Etymology === From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”) +‎ -tōrius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔsˈsoː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fosˈsɔː.ri.us] === Adjective === fossōrius (feminine fossōria, neuter fossōrium); first/second-declension adjective Adapted to digging, fit for delving. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== fossōria ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Auvergnat: fessor Franco-Provençal: fossior ⇒ Gascon: hossèr, hossèir, hossèra Languedocien: fossor → English: fossorial === References === “fossorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "fossorius", 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) “fossorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.