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fossa

  • 1 fossa

    fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

    Lucr. 5, 482:

    fodere fossam,

    Liv. 3, 26, 9:

    ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

    (oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

    pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

    Col. 5, 10, 1:

    circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

    Sall. J. 23, 1;

    and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    vallo fossaque munire,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

    Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

    fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

    fossam ducere,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

    transversam fossam obducere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

    praeducere,

    id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

    institutae fossae,

    id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

    ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

    sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

    deprimere fossam,

    id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

    cruor in fossam confusus,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—
    2.
    A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—
    3.
    A grave (late Lat.):

    FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

    Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—
    4.
    In mal. part.:

    pudenda muliebria,

    Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

    inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

    Juv. 2, 10.—
    5.
    Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—
    * II.
    Trop., a boundary:

    alicui fossam determinare,

    Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

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  • 2 fossa

        fossa ae, f    [fossus], a dilch, trench, fosse: fodere fossam, L.: ut aditus fossā cingeretur: vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat, S.: vallo fossāque munire, Cs.: cingebant oppida fossae, O.: fossas inplere, V.: institutae fossae, Cs.: cruor in fossam confusus, H.— A river-bed, water-course: Rheni.— A gutter, water-way, V.— A furrow (to mark foundations): designat moenia fossā, V.
    * * *
    ditch, trench

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  • 3 fossa

    ditch, trench, channel, moat

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  • 4 Fossa

    NLD [geslacht]

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  • 5 Fossa Drusiana

    fossa, ae, f. [fodio, i. e. fossa terra], a ditch, trench, fosse (syn.: fovea, scrobs, fossio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    salso suffudit gurgite fossas,

    Lucr. 5, 482:

    fodere fossam,

    Liv. 3, 26, 9:

    ut unus aditus maximo aggere objecto fossa cingeretur vastissima,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6:

    (oppidum) vallo et fossa circumdedi,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

    pomarium circummunire fossă praecipiti,

    Col. 5, 10, 1:

    circumdare moenia vallo atque fossā,

    Sall. J. 23, 1;

    and, in a different construction: circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    vallo fossaque munire,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.; cf.:

    Rheni fossam immanissimis gentibus objicere et opponere,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    fossa et vallo aliquem septum tenere,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 3:

    fossam pedum XX. directis lateribus duxit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1; so,

    fossam ducere,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 2:

    transversam fossam obducere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 3:

    praeducere,

    id. B. C. 1, 27, 3:

    institutae fossae,

    id. ib. 3, 46, 5:

    ut flumen nullam in partem depressis fossis derivari posset,

    sunk deeper, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3:

    deprimere fossam,

    id. ib. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 15, 42; 1, 65; Ov. F. 4, 821:

    cruor in fossam confusus,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A gutter, waterway, = colliciae, Verg. G. 1, 326; 1, 372.—
    2.
    A furrow drawn to mark foundations, etc.:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    Verg. A. 7, 157; Ov. F. 4, 839; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 32, § 143.—
    3.
    A grave (late Lat.):

    FILETIVS VSQVE AT FOTSA (ad fossam),

    Inscr. Orell. 4794, v. fossor.—
    4.
    In mal. part.:

    pudenda muliebria,

    Auct. Priap. 84; cf.:

    inter Socraticos notissima fossa cinaedos,

    Juv. 2, 10.—
    5.
    Fos-sa Drūsiāna, v. Drusus.—
    * II.
    Trop., a boundary:

    alicui fossam determinare,

    Tert. adv. Haer. 10.

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  • 6 Fossa fossa

    ENG fanaloka, (fossa genet, striped civet)
    NLD fanaloka
    GER Fanaloka
    FRA civette fossane, (fanaloka)

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  • 7 circumdati

    circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).
    I.
    Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

    Lucr. 6, 1035:

    moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

    circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    satellites armatos contioni,

    Liv. 34, 27, 5:

    hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

    i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

    milites sibi,

    Tac. A. 13, 25:

    arma umeris,

    Verg. A. 2, 510:

    licia tibi,

    id. E. 8, 74:

    vincula collo,

    Ov. M. 1, 631:

    bracchia collo,

    id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

    and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

    Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

    bracchia cervici dare,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

    lectis aulaea purpura,

    Curt. 9, 7, 15:

    cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

    i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    Without a dat.:

    caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

    ignes,

    id. Pis. 38, 93:

    custodias,

    id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

    armata circumdatur Romana legio,

    Liv. 1, 28, 3:

    exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    circumdatae stationes,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    murus circumdatus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    turris toto opere circumdedit,

    id. ib. 7, 72:

    circumdato vallo,

    Curt. 3, 2, 2:

    lauream (sc. capiti),

    Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

    circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

    Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

    toto oppido munitiones,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

    equites cornibus,

    Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

    circumdare terram radices,

    Cato, R. R. 114;

    and per tmesin,

    id. ib. 157.—
    B.
    Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

    cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

    Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

    nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

    Liv. 21, 43, 3:

    egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

    i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

    principatus inanem ei famam,

    id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

    principi ministeria,

    id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

    infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

    encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—
    II.
    Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

    Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

    aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

    Lucr. 5, 469:

    portum moenibus,

    Nep. Them. 6, 1:

    regio insulis circumdata,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    villam statione,

    Tac. A. 14, 8:

    suam domum spatio,

    id. G. 16:

    collis operibus,

    id. A. 6, 41:

    vallo castra,

    id. H. 4, 57:

    Othonem vexillis,

    id. ib. 1, 36:

    canibus saltus,

    Verg. E. 10, 57:

    circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

    collum filo,

    Cat. 64, 377:

    (aurum) circumdatum argento,

    Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

    ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

    circumdedit se zonā,

    Suet. Vit. 16:

    circumdata corpus amictu,

    Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

    tempora vittis,

    id. ib. 13, 643:

    Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

    Verg. A. 4, 137.—
    2.
    Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

    oppidum vallo et fossā,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

    oppidum quinis castris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

    Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

    vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

    Sall. J. 23, 1:

    oppidum coronā,

    Liv. 4, 47, 5:

    quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

    id. 6, 8, 9:

    fossā valloque urbem,

    id. 25, 22, 8:

    fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

    id. 28, 3, 5:

    hostes exercitu toto,

    Curt. 3, 8, 4. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

    Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

    exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

    have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

    minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

    Vell. 1, 17, 2:

    pueritiam robore,

    Tac. A. 12, 25:

    fraude,

    Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

    monstrorum novitate,

    Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

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  • 8 circumdo

    circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).
    I.
    Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

    Lucr. 6, 1035:

    moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

    circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    satellites armatos contioni,

    Liv. 34, 27, 5:

    hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

    i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

    milites sibi,

    Tac. A. 13, 25:

    arma umeris,

    Verg. A. 2, 510:

    licia tibi,

    id. E. 8, 74:

    vincula collo,

    Ov. M. 1, 631:

    bracchia collo,

    id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

    and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

    Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

    bracchia cervici dare,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

    lectis aulaea purpura,

    Curt. 9, 7, 15:

    cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

    i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    Without a dat.:

    caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

    ignes,

    id. Pis. 38, 93:

    custodias,

    id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

    armata circumdatur Romana legio,

    Liv. 1, 28, 3:

    exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    circumdatae stationes,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    murus circumdatus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    turris toto opere circumdedit,

    id. ib. 7, 72:

    circumdato vallo,

    Curt. 3, 2, 2:

    lauream (sc. capiti),

    Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

    circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

    Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

    toto oppido munitiones,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

    equites cornibus,

    Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

    circumdare terram radices,

    Cato, R. R. 114;

    and per tmesin,

    id. ib. 157.—
    B.
    Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

    cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

    Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

    nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

    Liv. 21, 43, 3:

    egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

    i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

    principatus inanem ei famam,

    id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

    principi ministeria,

    id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

    infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

    encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—
    II.
    Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

    Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

    aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

    Lucr. 5, 469:

    portum moenibus,

    Nep. Them. 6, 1:

    regio insulis circumdata,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    villam statione,

    Tac. A. 14, 8:

    suam domum spatio,

    id. G. 16:

    collis operibus,

    id. A. 6, 41:

    vallo castra,

    id. H. 4, 57:

    Othonem vexillis,

    id. ib. 1, 36:

    canibus saltus,

    Verg. E. 10, 57:

    circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

    collum filo,

    Cat. 64, 377:

    (aurum) circumdatum argento,

    Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

    ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

    circumdedit se zonā,

    Suet. Vit. 16:

    circumdata corpus amictu,

    Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

    tempora vittis,

    id. ib. 13, 643:

    Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

    Verg. A. 4, 137.—
    2.
    Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

    oppidum vallo et fossā,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

    oppidum quinis castris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

    Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

    vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

    Sall. J. 23, 1:

    oppidum coronā,

    Liv. 4, 47, 5:

    quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

    id. 6, 8, 9:

    fossā valloque urbem,

    id. 25, 22, 8:

    fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

    id. 28, 3, 5:

    hostes exercitu toto,

    Curt. 3, 8, 4. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

    Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

    exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

    have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

    minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

    Vell. 1, 17, 2:

    pueritiam robore,

    Tac. A. 12, 25:

    fraude,

    Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

    monstrorum novitate,

    Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

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  • 9 Cryptoprocta ferox

    ENG fossa
    NLD fossa, fretkat
    GER Frettkatze, Fossa
    FRA foussa, (fossa)

    Animal Names Latin to English > Cryptoprocta ferox

  • 10 vallum

    vallum, i, n. [collective of 1. vallus; the line of palisades about an intrenchment; hence], an earthen wall or rampart set with palisades, a palisaded rampart, intrenchment, circumvallation.
    I.
    Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.; Liv. 33, 5, 4 sq.:

    castra vallo fossāque munire,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    aliquem vallo et fossā saeptum tenere,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3:

    oppidum vallo et fossā cingere,

    id. ib. 5, 20, 5:

    oppidum vallo et fossā circumdare,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Sall. J. 76, 2; Liv. 7, 23, 5; Verg. A. 9, 146; 9, 506; 9, 524; Hor. Epod. 9, 13 al.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a wall, rampart, fortification; with gen.:

    non Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum obicio et oppono,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    India vallo munitur eburno,

    Lucr. 2, 538:

    saepes pastorum munita vallo arboris,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 22:

    (spica) contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    munitae sunt palpebrae tamquam vallo pilorum,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    dentium,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 9.— Absol.:

    si interdicta petes vallo (i. e. stola) circumdata, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 96.

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  • 11 agger

    agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].
    I.
    Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    aggere paludem explere,

    id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:

    longius erat agger petendus,

    id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:

    superjecto aggere terreno,

    Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:

    implere cavernas aggere,

    Curt. 8, 10, 27:

    fossas aggere complent,

    Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:

    atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,

    id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:

    ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,

    Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:

    aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,

    Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:

    agger armorum,

    Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:

    aggeres Alpini,

    Verg. A. 6, 830; so,

    Thessalici aggeres,

    i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:

    ab alto aggere,

    Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:

    ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,

    Luc. 5, 674:

    consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,

    Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:

    mons aquae,

    Verg. A. 1, 105).—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:

    esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,

    id. Phil. 10, 9:

    celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    jacere,

    to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:

    aggerem exstruere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

    instruere,

    id. ib. 8, 41:

    promovere ad urbem,

    to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:

    Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,

    rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—
    2.
    The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.

    Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,

    Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—
    3.
    The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:

    stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,

    Luc. 5, 317:

    vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,

    Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—
    4.
    A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):

    viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

    Verg. A. 5, 273:

    Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,

    Rutil. Itiner. 39:

    aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,

    Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.

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  • 12 fossor

    fossor, ōris, m. [id.], a digger, delver, ditcher.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et labefacta movens robustus jugera fossor,

    Verg. G. 2, 264:

    squalidus in magna compede fossor,

    Juv. 11, 80; Hor. C. 3, 18, 15; Mart. 7, 71, 4; Col. 11, 2, 38:

    ceu septa novus jam moenia laxet Fossor,

    i. e. a miner, sapper, Stat. Th. 2, 419.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A miner, workman in a mine, Vitr. 7, 8, 1; Calp. Ecl. 4, 118 (cf. aurifossor).—
    2.
    [p. 775] In late Lat., a grave-digger, Inscr. Orell. 4925 al.; cf. fossa, I. B. 3.—
    3.
    In mal. part., a fornicator, Aus. Ep. 49; cf. fossa, I. B. 4.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., in a contemptuous signif., a common laborer, a clown, Cat. 22, 10:

    cum sis cetera fossor,

    Pers. 5, 122.

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  • 13 humile

    hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

    turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

    humilior munitio,

    id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

    (naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

    id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

    humiles habitare casas,

    Verg. E. 2, 29:

    domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

    postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 639:

    arcus,

    id. ib. 3, 30:

    arae,

    Val. Fl. 3, 426:

    virgas humilis mordere salicti,

    Juv. 11, 67:

    Forentum,

    low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

    Myconos,

    Ov. M. 7, 463:

    Italia,

    Verg. A. 3, 522:

    humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

    Just. 2, 1 med.:

    avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

    flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

    decisis humilis pennis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

    potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

    small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

    brevi atque humili corpore homines,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

    humiles Cleonae,

    little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

    Troja,

    id. ib. 15, 424:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

    fossa,

    Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

    radix,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

    supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

    humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

    Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

    humillimus homo de plebe,

    Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

    humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

    Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

    ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

    humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

    hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53, 9:

    junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

    of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

    civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

    humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

    Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

    qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

    nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

    aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

    id. Arch. 5, 10:

    humiles et sordidae curae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    rei pictor,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

    Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8:

    agna,

    poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    fortuna,

    Juv. 6, 287:

    domus,

    id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

    ex humili potens,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

    quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

    Juv. 3, 39.—

    Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

    Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
    2.
    Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

    sermo,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

    neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

    Cic. Or. 57, 192:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    humilia et vulgaria verba,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9:

    translatio,

    id. 8, 6, 5:

    si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

    id. 8, 3, 60:

    quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

    id. 8, 3, 18:

    humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

    id. 11, 1, 6:

    of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

    i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

    nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
    B.
    Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

    qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

    ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

    id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

    humillimus assentator,

    Vell. 2, 83, 1:

    neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13:

    privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

    succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    animi,

    Lucr. 6, 52:

    si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

    fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

    Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

    metus,

    Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
    1.
    Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

    in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

    Pall. 3, 13, 3:

    eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

    very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
    2.
    Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

    Liv. 24, 25, 8:

    servire alicui,

    id. 45, 32, 5:

    audacter territas, humiliter placas,

    Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

    Sen. Ep. 120 med.

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  • 14 humilis

    hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

    turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

    humilior munitio,

    id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

    (naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

    id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

    humiles habitare casas,

    Verg. E. 2, 29:

    domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

    postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 639:

    arcus,

    id. ib. 3, 30:

    arae,

    Val. Fl. 3, 426:

    virgas humilis mordere salicti,

    Juv. 11, 67:

    Forentum,

    low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

    Myconos,

    Ov. M. 7, 463:

    Italia,

    Verg. A. 3, 522:

    humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

    Just. 2, 1 med.:

    avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

    flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

    decisis humilis pennis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

    potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

    small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

    brevi atque humili corpore homines,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

    humiles Cleonae,

    little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

    Troja,

    id. ib. 15, 424:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

    fossa,

    Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

    radix,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

    supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

    humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

    Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

    humillimus homo de plebe,

    Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

    humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

    Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

    ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

    humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

    hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53, 9:

    junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

    of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

    civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

    humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

    Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

    qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

    nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

    aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

    id. Arch. 5, 10:

    humiles et sordidae curae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    rei pictor,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

    Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8:

    agna,

    poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    fortuna,

    Juv. 6, 287:

    domus,

    id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

    ex humili potens,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

    quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

    Juv. 3, 39.—

    Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

    Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
    2.
    Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

    sermo,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

    neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

    Cic. Or. 57, 192:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    humilia et vulgaria verba,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9:

    translatio,

    id. 8, 6, 5:

    si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

    id. 8, 3, 60:

    quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

    id. 8, 3, 18:

    humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

    id. 11, 1, 6:

    of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

    i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

    nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
    B.
    Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

    qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

    ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

    id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

    humillimus assentator,

    Vell. 2, 83, 1:

    neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13:

    privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

    succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    animi,

    Lucr. 6, 52:

    si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

    fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

    Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

    metus,

    Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
    1.
    Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

    in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

    Pall. 3, 13, 3:

    eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

    very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
    2.
    Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

    Liv. 24, 25, 8:

    servire alicui,

    id. 45, 32, 5:

    audacter territas, humiliter placas,

    Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

    Sen. Ep. 120 med.

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  • 15 circum-dō

        circum-dō dedī, datus, are,    to place around, cause to surround, set around: moenibus ignes circumdatosque restinximus: exercitum hostium castris, L.: lectis aulaea purpura, Cu.: collo dare bracchia circum, V.: obsessum te dicis, sarmenta circumdata: custodias: armata circumdatur R. legio, L.: exercitu circumdato, S.: turrīs toto opere circumdedit, Cs.: cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi: maiora vincula vobis quam captivis, L.: egregiam famam paci circumdedit, i. e. conferred, Ta.—To surround, encompass, enclose, encircle: portum moenibus, N.: regio insulis circumdata: canibus saltūs, V.: domum spatio, Ta.: (aurum) circumdatum argento: stola circumdata pallā, H.: circumdata corpus amictu, O.: chlamydem circumdata limbo, V.—Esp., in war, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege: castris oppidum, Cs.: vallo atque fossā moenia, S.: oppidum coronā, L.: exiguis finibus oratoris munus, have circumscribed.

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  • 16 dē-sīgnō

        dē-sīgnō āvī, ātus, āre,    to mark out, point out, trace, designate, define (often confounded with dissigno): urbem aratro, V.: moenia fossā, V.: templo Iovis finīs, L.: circo designatus locus est, L.: Europen, depicts (in a web), O.—Fig., to point out, mark, denote, designate, describe, represent, brand: haec verbis designata: hac oratione Dumnorigem designari, Cs.: oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum: quem (mundum) deum.—To appoint, choose, elect (to office): consul es designatus: comitiis designatus aedilis: sperans si designatus foret, etc., S.—P. perf., elect, chosen (to an office): consul: tribuni plebis: xvir: praetor.— Of a child unborn: designatus civis; see dissigno.

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  • 17 gurges

        gurges itis, m    [GVOR-], a raging abyss, whirlpool, gulf: Rheni fossa gurgitibus illis redundans: turbidus caeno, V.: per medios gurgites, L.: hauriebantur gurgitibus, L.: Stygius, O.: caenosus, the Styx, Iu.— Waters, a stream, sea: Iberus, V.: gurgite ab alto, abyss, V.: Herculeus, i. e. the Atlantic, Iu.—Fig., an abyss, gulf: libidinum: qui est gurges vitiorum: patrimoni, spendthrift.
    * * *
    whirlpool; raging abyss; gulf, the sea; "flood", "stream"

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  • 18 humilis

        humilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [humus], low, lowly, small, slight: casae, V.: salictum, Iu.: ea quae sunt humiliora: humilior munitio, Cs.: (naves) humiliores quam, etc., Cs.: domus, H.: Forentum, in the plain, H.: (avis) humilis volat, flies low, V.: fossa, shallow, V.—Fig., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant: homines: humillimus homo de plebe, L.: humiliores possessionibus expellere, Cs.: satis superque, L.: Cleonae, O.: ex humili loco ad dignitatem perducere, Cs.: res: ars: vestitus, N.: agna, poor, H.: domus, Iu.—As subst n.: ex humili potens, obscurity, H.: Quales ex humili Extollit fortuna, Iu.—Of language, low, common, colloquial: sermo: verbum: humili modo loqui, H.—Of character, low, lowly, mean, base, abject: apparitor: Non humilis mulier, H.: obsecratio: pavor, V.
    * * *
    humile, humilior -or -us, humillimus -a -um ADJ
    low, lowly, small, slight, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, insignificant

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  • 19 humus

        humus ī, f    [cf. χαμαί], the earth, ground, soil: infecta sanguine, S.: subacta atque pura: Fossa repletur humo, O.: humum momordit, bit the ground, V.: feracīs figere humo plantas, V.: semina Spargere humo, O.: Deiecto in humum voltu, O.: humi pabulum, i. e. grass, S.—Poet.: sermones Repentes per humum, H.: vitat humum, H.— A land, country, region: Punica, O.
    * * *
    ground, soil, earth, land, country

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  • 20 lātus

        lātus adj. with comp. and sup.    [STER-], broad, wide, extensive: fossa: via: amnis latior, L.: latissimum flumen, Cs.: rana bove latior, Ph.: Moenia, V.: latos finīs parare, Cs.: orbis, H.: terrae, O.: Polyphemi acies, wide eye, Iu.: latus ut in Circo spatiere, spreading the toga wide, H.— Broad, in breadth, extending (with expressions of distance): fossae xv pedes, Cs.: palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Cs.—As subst n.: crescere in latum, in width, O.—Fig., of utterance, broad. —Plur. n. as subst: cuius tu illa lata imitaris, broad pronunciation.—Of style, diffuse, copious: oratio latior.
    * * *
    I
    lata -um, latior -or -us, latissimus -a -um ADJ
    wide, broad; spacious, extensive
    II
    side; flank

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  • Fossa — is the Latin word for ditch or trench . It can refer to one of the following:AnatomyIn anatomical terminology, fossa has come to mean a depression or hollow, in general, in a bone. Other parts of the body may be involved, for example, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Fossa — (Cryptoprocta ferox) Systematik Ordnung: Raubtiere (Carnivora) Überfamilie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • fossa — |ó| s. f. [Zoologia] Mamífero carnívoro viverrídeo (Cryptopracta ferox) plantígrado, endêmico da ilha de Madagascar, de cabeça pequena, orelhas redondas, corpo alongado, cauda comprida e pelagem curta, acastanhada.   ‣ Etimologia: inglês fossa,… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • fossa — / fɔs:a/ s.f. [lat. fossa, der. di fodĕre scavare ]. 1. a. (idraul.) [scavatura del terreno, fatta lungo o attraverso i campi per lo scolo delle acque] ▶◀ canale di scolo, fossato, fosso. b. (milit.) [scavatura che circonda un castello e sim.:… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • Fossa — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término fossa puede referirse a: La especie Cryptoprocta ferox o fosa. El género fossa. Obtenido de Fossa Categoría: Wikipedia:Desambiguación …   Wikipedia Español

  • fossa — ● fossa nom masculin (mot malgache) Nom commun à deux mammifères carnivores viverridés de Madagascar, le cryptoprocte, grand plantigrade nocturne, et la fouche ou fossane, petite civette insectivore à longues pattes. fossa ou fouche n. m. ZOOL Le …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Fossa — Fos sa, n.; pl. {Foss[AE]}. [L., a ditch. See {Fosse}.] (Anat.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal foss[ae] containing the nostrils in most birds. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fossa — (lat.), 1) Graben; 2) Kanal; 3) (Anat.), eine grubenartige, bes. rinnenartige Vertiefung, meist in Knochen, doch auch in Weichgebilden, so am Oberarm die F. anterior u. F. posterior; F. cranii, am Hirnschädel, s.d.; am Oberkiefer F. maxillaris u …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fossa — (lat.), Grube, Graben; F. axillaris, Achselhöhle; F. lacrimalis, Tränenrinne; F. temporalis, Schläfengrube; F. Sylvii, s. Gehirn …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fossa — (lat.), Grube, Kanal, Rinne …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fossa [2] — Fossa, s. Schleichkatzen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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