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.