scissus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of scindō.

Pronunciation

Participle

scissus (feminine scissa, neuter scissum); first/second-declension participle

  1. broken asunder; divided or separated by force

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative scissus scissa scissum scissī scissae scissa
Genitive scissī scissae scissī scissōrum scissārum scissōrum
Dative scissō scissō scissīs
Accusative scissum scissam scissum scissōs scissās scissa
Ablative scissō scissā scissō scissīs
Vocative scisse scissa scissum scissī scissae scissa

References

  • “scissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scissus 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)
  • scissus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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