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Latin
Etymology
From fict- (perfect passive participial stem of fingō (“to fashion, mold, form”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fictilis (neuter fictile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- made of clay, ceramic, pottery, earthenware
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “fictilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fictilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fictilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.