fossorium

From fodiō (“to dig, dig up”) +‎ -tōrium, or nominalized from the neuter of fossōrius.

fossōrium n (genitive fossōriī or fossōrī); second declension

1. (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin) a spade, an implement for digging

   Synonym: scudicia

   • early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 20.14.7:

     Scudicia dicta eo, quod circa codicem terram aperiat; et quamvis eius usus in reliquis operibus habeatur, nomen tamen ex codice retinet. hanc alii generaliter fossorium vocant, quasi fovessorium.

     • 1967 translation by K. D. White

       The scudicia is so called because it opens the earth around the base (of the plant); and although it is used for other operations, it still retains its name from the base (codex). Others commonly call it a trenching tool, as if the word were derived from fovea (a hole).

   • c. 1264, Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum doctrinale:

     Sarculum, sarpa vel fossorium

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

fossōrium

1. nominative neuter singular of fossōrius

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “fossorium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• "fossorium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fossorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• fossorium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016