fosso

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See also: Fossò

Italian

Etymology

From fossa. Compare with Neapolitan fuosso.

Pronunciation

Noun

fosso m (plural fossi)

  1. ditch
  2. moat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: foso

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of fodiō (“dig, excavate; 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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fossāre fossāvisse fossātūrum esse fossārī fossātum esse fossātum īrī
participles fossāns — fossātūrus — fossātus fossandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fossandī fossandō fossandum fossandō fossātum fossātū

Derived terms

Related 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)

  1. ditch, trench

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

fosso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fossar
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