fossus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of fodiō (“to dig; to pierce; to goad”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔs.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔs.sus] === Participle === fossus (feminine fossa, neuter fossum); first/second-declension participle perfect passive participle of fodiō ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== fossa (noun) fossīcius, fossītius (adjective) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italian: fosso Sicilian: fossu === References === “fossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fossus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fossus", 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) “fossus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.