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Latin
Etymology
From sedeō, through its perf. pass. part. stem sess-, + -ilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sessilis (neuter sessile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- suitable as a seat
- (of plants) that is low-growing; dwarf
- (as a taxonomic epithet) sessile
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “sessilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sessilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sessilis 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)
- sessilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.