sessilis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sedeō, through its perf. pass. part. stem sess-, + -ilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sessilis (neuter sessile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. suitable as a seat
  2. (of plants) that is low-growing; dwarf
  3. (as a taxonomic epithet) sessile

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative sessilis sessile sessilēs sessilia
genitive sessilis sessilium
dative sessilī sessilibus
accusative sessilem sessile sessilēs
sessilīs
sessilia
ablative sessilī sessilibus
vocative sessilis sessile sessilēs sessilia

Descendants

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  • Italian: sessile

References

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  • 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.