fosso

fosso

See also: Fossò

Italian

Etymology

From fossa. Compare with Neapolitan fuosso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔs.so/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsso
  • Hyphenation: fòs‧so

Noun

fosso m (plural fossi)

  1. ditch
  2. moat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: foso

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰódʰh₂ey
Proto-Italic *foðjō
Latin fodiō
Latin fossō

    Frequentative of fodiō (“to dig, to excavate; to mine”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    fossō (present infinitive fossāre, perfect active fossāvī, supine fossātum); first conjugation

    1. (with the sense of being done often) to dig, pierce

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of fossō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present fossō fossās fossat fossāmus fossātis fossant
    imperfect fossābam fossābās fossābat fossābāmus fossābātis fossābant
    future fossābō fossābis fossābit fossābimus fossābitis fossābunt
    perfect fossāvī fossāvistī fossāvit fossāvimus fossāvistis fossāvērunt,
    fossāvēre
    pluperfect fossāveram fossāverās fossāverat fossāverāmus fossāverātis fossāverant
    future perfect fossāverō fossāveris fossāverit fossāverimus fossāveritis fossāverint
    passive present fossor fossāris,
    fossāre     		fossātur fossāmur fossāminī fossantur
    imperfect fossābar fossābāris,
    fossābāre     		fossābātur fossābāmur fossābāminī fossābantur
    future fossābor fossāberis,
    fossābere     		fossābitur fossābimur fossābiminī fossābuntur
    perfect fossātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect fossātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect fossātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present fossem fossēs fosset fossēmus fossētis fossent
    imperfect fossārem fossārēs fossāret fossārēmus fossārētis fossārent
    perfect fossāverim fossāverīs fossāverit fossāverīmus fossāverītis fossāverint
    pluperfect fossāvissem fossāvissēs fossāvisset fossāvissēmus fossāvissētis fossāvissent
    passive present fosser fossēris,
    fossēre     		fossētur fossēmur fossēminī fossentur
    imperfect fossārer fossārēris,
    fossārēre     		fossārētur fossārēmur fossārēminī fossārentur
    perfect fossātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect fossātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — fossā — — fossāte —
    future — fossātō fossātō — fossātōte fossantō
    passive present — fossāre — — fossāminī —
    future — fossātor fossātor — — fossantor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present fossāre fossārī fossāns —
    future fossātūrum esse fossātum īrī fossātūrus fossandus
    perfect fossāvisse fossātum esse — fossātus
    future perfect — fossātum fore — —
    perfect potential fossātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    fossandī fossandō fossandum fossandō fossātum fossātū

    Derived terms

    References

    • “fosso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “fosso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Etymology 1

    Possibly an alteration of fossa (“hole, cavity”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    fosso m (plural fossos, metaphonic)

    1. ditch, trench

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    fosso

    1. first-person singular present indicative of fossar

    Further reading

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