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fossor , ōris, m. id.,
I.a digger, delver, ditcher.
I. Lit.
B. In partic.
1. A miner, workman in a mine, Vitr. 7, 8, 1; Calp. Ecl. 4, 118 (cf. aurifossor).—
2. 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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