fossoria
See also: Fossoria
Latin
Etymology
Substantive of fossōrius (“adapted to digging or delving”), from fodiō (“dig”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔsˈsoː.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fosˈsɔː.ri.a]
Noun
fossōria f (genitive fossōriae); first declension
- (as an occupation) digging
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fossōria | fossōriae |
| genitive | fossōriae | fossōriārum |
| dative | fossōriae | fossōriīs |
| accusative | fossōriam | fossōriās |
| ablative | fossōriā | fossōriīs |
| vocative | fossōria | fossōriae |
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: fesoria
References
- “fossoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press