fossura

== Latin == === Etymology === From fodiō (“to dig, mine”) +‎ -tūra. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔsˈsuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fosˈsuː.ra] === Noun === fossūra f (genitive fossūrae); first declension A digging; pit, ditch. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (digging): fossiō ==== Related terms ==== === References === “fossura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "fossura", 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) “fossura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.