fossīcĭus — Lewis & Short
fossīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.fossus, from fodio,
I dug out, dug up from the ground:
creta,Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8:
sal,id. ib.:
harena,Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175; Pall. 1, 10. Cf. the foll. art.