fossīcĭus

a, um, adj.

fossus, from fodio

I. dug out, dug up from the ground: creta, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8: sal, id. ib.: harena, Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175; Pall. 1, 10. Cf. the foll. art.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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