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.