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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fossor fossoris N M :: [[one who digs the ground]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fossor</b>: ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[digger]], delver, ditcher.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[miner]], [[workman]] in a [[mine]], Vitr. 7, 8, 1; Calp. Ecl. 4, 118 (cf. aurifossor).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[late]] Lat., a [[gravedigger]], Inscr. Orell. 4925 al.; cf. [[fossa]], I. B. 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In mal. [[part]]., a [[fornicator]], Aus. Ep. 49; cf. [[fossa]], I. B. 4.—<br /><b>II</b> 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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fossŏr</b>,¹⁴ ōris, m. ([[fodio]]), bêcheur, piocheur : Col. Rust. 11, 2, 38 ; Virg. G. 2, 264 &#124;&#124; homme grossier, rustre : Pers. 5, 122 &#124;&#124; ouvrier mineur : Vitr. Arch. 7, 8, 1 &#124;&#124; pionnier, sapeur [t. de guerre] : Stat. Th. 2, 419 &#124;&#124; fossoyeur : CIL 6, 7543 &#124;&#124; fornicateur : Aus. Ep. 70.||homme grossier, rustre : Pers. 5, 122||ouvrier mineur : Vitr. Arch. 7, 8, 1||pionnier, sapeur [t. de guerre] : Stat. Th. 2, 419||fossoyeur : CIL 6, 7543||fornicateur : Aus. Ep. 70.
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{{Georges
|georg=fossor, ōris, m. ([[fodio]]) = [[σκαφεύς]], [[ὀρυκτής]] (Gloss.), der [[Gräber]], I) eig.: A) [[des]] Ackers, Weinberges, Verg., Col. u.a. – poet. übtr. = [[ein]] gemeiner u. ungebildeter [[Mann]], Catull. 22, 10. Pers. 5, 122. – B) im Bergwerk, der Bergmann, Vitr. 7, 8, 1. Calp. ecl. 4, 118: metallorum foss., Erzgräber, [[Hieron]]. adv. Iovin. 2, 6. Vgl. [[aurifossor]]. – C) der Minierer, Stat. Theb. 2, 418. – D) = [[κοπιάτης]], der Totengräber, Murat. inscr. [[Christ]]. 1970 no. 1. 2. 3 u. 6. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9655. – II) übtr., der Hurer, [[Auson]]. epigr. 65, 7. p. 213, 24 Schenkl.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=fossor, oris. m. :: [[穵者]]。[[鄙隔]]
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