See fossa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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],
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{
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"borrowed"
],
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{
"lang": "Galician",
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},
{
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
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],
"word": "fosa"
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{
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"lang_code": "it",
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"lang": "Italian",
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{
"lang": "Occitan",
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],
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"borrowed"
],
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],
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{
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],
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},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
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},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
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],
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{
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"3": "",
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},
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"name": "ellipsis"
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{
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},
{
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]
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fossae",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fossīs",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fossam",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
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{
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"ablative",
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]
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},
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "9 12 26 38 15",
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{
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{
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"(literal)",
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},
{
"word": "scrobis"
},
{
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}
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
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"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",
"translation": "Also the Quirites’ ditch was the work of king Ancus",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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]
],
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"(literal)",
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{
"word": "scrobis"
},
{
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}
],
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"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sa]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sa]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
{
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"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"
],
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{
"word": "fossula"
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],
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{
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
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"lang_code": "ast",
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},
{
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"word": "fuyesa"
}
],
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{
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],
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{
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],
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},
{
"lang": "Classical Syriac",
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],
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"word": "ܦܲܐܣܵܐ"
},
{
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{
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"lang_code": "hy",
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},
{
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
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"word": "ფოსო"
}
],
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],
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"word": "փոս"
}
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"borrowed"
],
"roman": "phóssa",
"word": "φόσσα"
},
{
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"lang_code": "ca",
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
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"borrowed"
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},
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
"lang": "Friulian",
"lang_code": "fur",
"word": "fuesse"
},
{
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"word": "focha"
},
{
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "fosa"
},
{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "fosso"
},
{
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
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},
{
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
"lang": "Romansch",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "fossu"
},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "huesa"
},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
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},
{
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
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}
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"borrowed"
],
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "fossa terra",
"3": "",
"4": "dug-up earth"
},
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"name": "ellipsis"
}
],
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{
"form": "fossae",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"genitive"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "fossa",
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"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",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
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{
"args": {
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "fodiō"
},
{
"word": "fossātum"
},
{
"word": "fossātus"
},
{
"word": "fossīcius"
},
{
"word": "fossilis"
},
{
"word": "fossiō"
},
{
"word": "fossō"
},
{
"word": "fossor"
},
{
"word": "fossōrius"
},
{
"word": "fossūra"
}
],
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{
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],
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"a ditch, trench, moat, fosse"
],
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[
"ditch",
"ditch"
],
[
"trench",
"trench"
],
[
"moat",
"moat"
],
[
"fosse",
"fosse"
]
],
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"(literal)",
"(in general) a ditch, trench, moat, fosse"
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},
{
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},
{
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}
],
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"feminine",
"usually"
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"(literal)",
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"word": "fovea"
},
{
"word": "scrobis"
},
{
"word": "fossiō"
},
{
"word": "colliciae"
}
],
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],
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"foundation",
"foundation"
]
],
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"(literal)",
"a furrow drawn to mark foundations"
],
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{
"word": "fovea"
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"word": "scrobis"
},
{
"word": "fossiō"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"a grave"
],
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]
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"(literal)",
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],
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{
"word": "fovea"
},
{
"word": "scrobis"
},
{
"word": "fossiō"
}
],
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"Late-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
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],
"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",
"translation": "Also the Quirites’ ditch was the work of king Ancus",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"a boundary"
],
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"boundary",
"boundary"
]
],
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"(literal)",
"(transferred sense) a boundary"
],
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{
"word": "fovea"
},
{
"word": "scrobis"
},
{
"word": "fossiō"
}
],
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sa]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sa]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "fossa"
}
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