pensilis

Latin

Etymology

From pēns- (“suspended, weighed”) (perfect passive participial stem of pendō (“to weigh out”); see also pendeō (“hang”)) +‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.si.lis/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.si.lis/,

Adjective

pēnsilis (neuter pēnsile); third-declension two-termination adjective

hanging (down), pendant, pensile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	pēnsilis	pēnsile	pēnsilēs	pēnsilia
genitive	pēnsilis		pēnsilium
dative	pēnsilī		pēnsilibus
accusative	pēnsilem	pēnsile	pēnsilēs pēnsilīs	pēnsilia
ablative	pēnsilī		pēnsilibus
vocative	pēnsilis	pēnsile	pēnsilēs	pēnsilia

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: peil
Italian: pesolo
→ English: pensile (learned)
→ Italian: pensile (learned)
→ Portuguese: pênsil (learned)
→ Proto-West Germanic: *pēsal, *pīsilā (see there for further descendants)

References

“pensilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pensilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pensilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
pensilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.