"fossa" meaning in Latin

See fossa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfos.sa/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɔs̠ːä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈfos.sa/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfɔsːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”). Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|la|fossa terra||dug-up earth}} Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”) Head templates: {{la-noun|fossa<1>}} fossa f (genitive fossae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fossa<1>}} Forms: fossae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fossa [nominative, singular], fossae [nominative, plural], fossae [genitive, singular], fossārum [genitive, plural], fossae [dative, singular], fossīs [dative, plural], fossam [accusative, singular], fossās [accusative, plural], fossā [ablative, singular], fossīs [ablative, plural], fossa [singular, vocative], fossae [plural, vocative]
  1. (literal)
    (in general) a ditch, trench, moat, fosse
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, usually Synonyms: fovea, scrobis, fossiō
    Sense id: en-fossa-la-noun-c09ZyDwJ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 21 21 17 23 19
  2. (literal)
    a gutter, waterway
    Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (place): Bodies of water Synonyms: fovea, scrobis, fossiō, colliciae
    Sense id: en-fossa-la-noun-pKSqqINF Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 16 35 20 27 3 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 21 21 17 23 19
  3. (literal)
    a furrow drawn to mark foundations
    Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms: fovea, scrobis, fossiō
    Sense id: en-fossa-la-noun-2xAJbuR2 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 21 21 17 23 19
  4. (literal)
    (Late Latin) a grave
    Tags: Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine Synonyms: fovea, scrobis, fossiō
    Sense id: en-fossa-la-noun-S9gZ8tUu Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin ellipses, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin ellipses: 15 16 15 38 16 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 31 40 10 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 21 21 17 23 19
  5. (literal)
    (transferred sense) a boundary
    Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms: fovea, scrobis, fossiō
    Sense id: en-fossa-la-noun-2bDAxHbj Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 21 21 17 23 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fossula Related terms: fodiō, fossātum, fossātus, fossīcius, fossilis, fossiō, fossō, fossor, fossōrius, fossūra

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "fushë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: fushë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: fushë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "fuexa"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: fuexa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "fosa",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: fuexa, → fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "φόσσα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Byzantine Greek: φόσσα (phóssa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: φόσσα (phóssa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܦܲܣܵܐ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܦܲܣܵܐ",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܦܲܐܣܵܐ",
            "nolb": "1",
            "tr": "passā"
          },
          "expansion": "ܦܲܐܣܵܐ (passā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܦܲܣܵܐ, ܦܲܐܣܵܐ (passā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "փոս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: փոս (pʻos)\nArmenian: փոս (pʻos)\n→ Georgian: ფოსო (poso)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: փոս (pʻos)\nArmenian: փոս (pʻos)\n→ Georgian: ფოსო (poso)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: fossa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "fosse",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fosse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: fossa, fosse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fosse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: fosse",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fossé",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fossé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: fosse, fossé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "fuesse"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: fuesse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: fuesse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "focha"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: focha",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "fosa",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: focha, → fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fosso",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fosso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: fossa, fosso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fòssa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: fòssa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: fòssa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fossa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "foasă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: foasă",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "fosă",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: foasă, → fosă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: fossa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "fossu",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fossu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: fossa, fossu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "huesa"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: huesa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fosa",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: huesa, → fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fosa"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ffos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ffos"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fossa terra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dug-up earth"
      },
      "expansion": "Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”)",
      "name": "ellipsis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossa<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "fossa f (genitive fossae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossa<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fodiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossātum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossīcius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossilis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossōrius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fossūra"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 17 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a ditch, trench, moat, fosse"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-fossa-la-noun-c09ZyDwJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "trench",
          "trench"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ],
        [
          "fosse",
          "fosse"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "(in general) a ditch, trench, moat, fosse"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 17 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 35 20 27 3",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "la:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Sciences",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a gutter, waterway"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-fossa-la-noun-pKSqqINF",
      "links": [
        [
          "gutter",
          "gutter"
        ],
        [
          "waterway",
          "waterway"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "a gutter, waterway"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "colliciae"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 17 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a furrow drawn to mark foundations"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-fossa-la-noun-2xAJbuR2",
      "links": [
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "a furrow drawn to mark foundations"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 16 15 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin ellipses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 31 40 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 17 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a grave"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-fossa-la-noun-S9gZ8tUu",
      "links": [
        [
          "grave",
          "grave"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "(Late Latin) a grave"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 21 17 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Also the Quirites’ ditch was the work of king Ancus",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.33",
          "text": "Quiritium quoque fossa [...] Anci regis opus est"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a boundary"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-fossa-la-noun-2bDAxHbj",
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "(transferred sense) a boundary"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfos.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔs̠ːä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfos.sa/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔsːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossa"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin ellipses",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for quotations in Latin",
    "la:Bodies of water",
    "pt:Euplerids",
    "pt:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fossula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "fushë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: fushë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: fushë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "fuexa"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: fuexa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "fosa",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: fuexa, → fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "φόσσα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Byzantine Greek: φόσσα (phóssa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Byzantine Greek: φόσσα (phóssa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܦܲܣܵܐ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܦܲܣܵܐ",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܦܲܐܣܵܐ",
            "nolb": "1",
            "tr": "passā"
          },
          "expansion": "ܦܲܐܣܵܐ (passā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܦܲܣܵܐ, ܦܲܐܣܵܐ (passā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "փոս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: փոս (pʻos)\nArmenian: փոս (pʻos)\n→ Georgian: ფოსო (poso)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: փոս (pʻos)\nArmenian: փոս (pʻos)\n→ Georgian: ფოსო (poso)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: fossa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "fosse",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fosse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: fossa, fosse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fosse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: fosse",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fossé",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fossé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: fosse, fossé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "fuesse"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: fuesse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: fuesse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "focha"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: focha",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "fosa",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: focha, → fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fosso",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fosso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: fossa, fosso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fòssa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: fòssa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: fòssa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fossa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "foasă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: foasă",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "fosă",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: foasă, → fosă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: fossa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "fossa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: fossa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "fossu",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "fossu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: fossa, fossu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "huesa"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: huesa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fosa",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: huesa, → fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fosa"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: fosa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: fosa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ffos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ffos"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fossa terra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dug-up earth"
      },
      "expansion": "Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”)",
      "name": "ellipsis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossa<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "fossa f (genitive fossae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossa<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fodiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossātum"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossīcius"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossō"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossor"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossūra"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a ditch, trench, moat, fosse"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "trench",
          "trench"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ],
        [
          "fosse",
          "fosse"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "(in general) a ditch, trench, moat, fosse"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a gutter, waterway"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "gutter",
          "gutter"
        ],
        [
          "waterway",
          "waterway"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "a gutter, waterway"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "colliciae"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a furrow drawn to mark foundations"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "a furrow drawn to mark foundations"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a grave"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "grave",
          "grave"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "(Late Latin) a grave"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Also the Quirites’ ditch was the work of king Ancus",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.33",
          "text": "Quiritium quoque fossa [...] Anci regis opus est"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a boundary"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal)",
        "(transferred sense) a boundary"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fovea"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrobis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfos.sa/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔs̠ːä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfos.sa/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔsːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossa"
}

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