fossio

fossio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰódʰh₂ey
Proto-Italic *foðjō
Latin fodiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin fossiō

    From fodiō (“to dig; mine, quarry”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fossiō f (genitive fossiōnis); third declension

    1. A digging; pit, ditch.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative fossiō fossiōnēs
    genitive fossiōnis fossiōnum
    dative fossiōnī fossiōnibus
    accusative fossiōnem fossiōnēs
    ablative fossiōne fossiōnibus
    vocative fossiō fossiōnēs

    Synonyms

    References

    • “fossio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “fossio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “fossio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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