fissilis

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Latin

Etymology

From fiss- (perfect passive participial stem of findō (“to split”)) +‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fissilis (neuter fissile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. able to be split
  2. split, cleft

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative fissilis fissile fissilēs fissilia
genitive fissilis fissilium
dative fissilī fissilibus
accusative fissilem fissile fissilēs
fissilīs 		fissilia
ablative fissilī fissilibus
vocative fissilis fissile fissilēs fissilia

References

  • “fissilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fissilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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