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fosso

fosso · v. freq. a

to dig

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What it meant

fosso — Lewis & Short

fosso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.fodio,

I to dig, pierce (ante-and post-class.): corpora telis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 100 (Ann. v. 569 ed. Vahl.).—Hence,

1 fossātum, i, n., a ditch, fosse, Pall. Sept. 13; Capitol. Gord. 28; Veg. Mil. 4, 16.—

2 fossātus, i, m., a boundary, Auct. Rei Agr. p. 254 and 267 Goes.

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