fodina

Latin

Etymology

From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”) +‎ -īna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /foˈdiː.na/, [fɔˈd̪iːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /foˈdi.na/, [foˈd̪iːnä]

Noun

fodīna f (genitive fodīnae); first declension

1. A place from which a mineral is dug; mine, pit.

   Synonym: metallum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fodīna	fodīnae
genitive	fodīnae	fodīnārum
dative	fodīnae	fodīnīs
accusative	fodīnam	fodīnās
ablative	fodīnā	fodīnīs
vocative	fodīna	fodīnae

Derived terms

• argentīfodīna
• aurifodīna
• crētifodīna
• harēnifodīna

Related terms

• fodicō
• fodiō
• fossa
• fossātum
• fossātus
• fossīcius
• fossilis
• fossiō
• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius
• fossula
• fossūra
• fossus

References

• “fodina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fodina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fodina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers