"fossus" meaning in Latin

See fossus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈfɔs.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɔs.sus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perfect passive participle of fodiō (“to dig; to pierce; to goad”). Head templates: {{la-part|fossus}} fossus (feminine fossa, neuter fossum); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|fossus}} Forms: fossa [feminine], fossum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], fossus [masculine, nominative, singular], fossa [feminine, nominative, singular], fossum [neuter, nominative, singular], fossī [masculine, nominative, plural], fossae [feminine, nominative, plural], fossa [neuter, nominative, plural], fossī [genitive, masculine, singular], fossae [feminine, genitive, singular], fossī [genitive, neuter, singular], fossōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], fossārum [feminine, genitive, plural], fossōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], fossō [dative, masculine, singular], fossae [dative, feminine, singular], fossō [dative, neuter, singular], fossīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], fossum [accusative, masculine, singular], fossam [accusative, feminine, singular], fossum [accusative, neuter, singular], fossōs [accusative, masculine, plural], fossās [accusative, feminine, plural], fossa [accusative, neuter, plural], fossō [ablative, masculine, singular], fossā [ablative, feminine, singular], fossō [ablative, neuter, singular], fossīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], fosse [masculine, singular, vocative], fossa [feminine, singular, vocative], fossum [neuter, singular, vocative], fossī [masculine, plural, vocative], fossae [feminine, plural, vocative], fossa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. perfect passive participle of fodiō Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: fodiō Derived forms: fossa [noun], fossīcius, fossītius [adjective] Related terms: fossātum, fossilis, fossiō, fossō, fossor, fossōrius, fossūra
    Sense id: en-fossus-la-verb-ZbtD9r5I Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "fosso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "fossu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perfect passive participle of fodiō (“to dig; to pierce; to goad”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossōrum",
          "fossorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossārum",
          "fossarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossōrum",
          "fossorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossīs",
          "fossis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossōs",
          "fossos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossās",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossās",
          "fossas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossā",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossā",
          "fossa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossīs",
          "fossis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fosse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossus"
      },
      "expansion": "fossus (feminine fossa, neuter fossum); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "fossa"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossīcius"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "fossītius"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fodiō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perfect passive participle of fodiō"
      ],
      "id": "en-fossus-la-verb-ZbtD9r5I",
      "links": [
        [
          "fodiō",
          "fodio#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fossātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossor"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossōrius"
        },
        {
          "word": "fossūra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossīcius"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "fossītius"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "fosso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "fossu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perfect passive participle of fodiō (“to dig; to pierce; to goad”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossōrum",
          "fossorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossārum",
          "fossarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossōrum",
          "fossorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossīs",
          "fossis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossōs",
          "fossos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossās",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossās",
          "fossas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossā",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossā",
          "fossa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossō",
          "fosso#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossīs",
          "fossis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fosse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossī",
          "fossi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossus"
      },
      "expansion": "fossus (feminine fossa, neuter fossum); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fossus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fossātum"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossō"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossor"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "fossūra"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension participles",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participles",
        "Latin perfect participles",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fodiō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "perfect passive participle of fodiō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fodiō",
          "fodio#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔs.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossus"
}

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