fossula

English

Etymology

From Latin fossula (“small ditch or trench”).

Noun

fossula (plural fossulae or fossulæ)

1. (anatomy) A small fossa.

Anagrams

• Fasulos

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of fossa (“ditch, trench”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.su.la/, [ˈfɔs̠ːʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.su.la/, [ˈfɔsːulä]

Noun

fossula f (genitive fossulae); first declension

1. A small ditch or trench.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fossula	fossulae
Genitive	fossulae	fossulārum
Dative	fossulae	fossulīs
Accusative	fossulam	fossulās
Ablative	fossulā	fossulīs
Vocative	fossula	fossulae

Related terms

Related terms

• fodicō
• fodīna
• fodiō
• fossa
• fossātum
• fossātus
• fossīcius
• fossilis
• fossiō
• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius
• fossūra

Descendants

• Italian: fiosso
• → English: fossula

References

• “fossula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fossula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.