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Latin
Etymology
From sēns- (perfect passive participial stem of sentiō (“to feel, sense, perceive”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sēnsilis (neuter sēnsile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- sensitive, sensible; endowed with sensation
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “sensilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sensilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.