fossas

fossas is a Latin form of fodio, meaning “dig; stab, pierce; (fossa) ditch, trench”.

It can also be a form of fossa, “ditch, trench”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun or perfect passive participle accusative plural feminine.

Found 63 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.8.4: et ad extremas fossas castella constituit ibique tormenta conlocavit, ne, cum aciem instruxisset, hostes, quod tantum multitudine poterant, ab lateribus pugnantes suos circumvenire possent.

All forms of fodio (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.