fissilis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfis.si.lis/, [ˈfɪs̠ːɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfis.si.lis/, [ˈfisːilis]

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