Noun: fossa
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | fossa |
| Plural | fossae |
Genitive
| Singular | fossae |
| Plural | fossārum |
Dative
| Singular | fossae |
| Plural | fossīs |
Accusative
| Singular | fossam |
| Plural | fossās |
Ablative
| Singular | fossā |
| Plural | fossīs |
Vocative
| Singular | fossa |
| Plural | fossae |
Sample Sentences
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Quiritium quoque fossa [...] Anci regis opus est (Also the Quirites’ ditch was the work of king Ancus) [27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita I.33]
Nouns inflected like fossa
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”).
Verbs referencing "fossa"
English Nouns
bed, Romanian Nouns
sat, English Nouns
fosse, French Nouns
fosse, Catalan Nouns
fossa, Italian Nouns
fossa, Spanish Nouns
fosa, Spanish Nouns
huesa, Galician Nouns
focha.
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