adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
fissilis
fissilis (neuter fissile)
Classical[ˈfɪs.sɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfis.si.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationable to be split
- two terminationsplit, cleft
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fissilis | fissilis | fissile |
| genitive | fissilis | fissilis | fissilis |
| dative | fissilī | fissilī | fissilī |
| accusative | fissilem | fissilem | fissile |
| ablative | fissilī | fissilī | fissilī |
| vocative | fissilis | fissilis | fissile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fissilēs | fissilēs | fissilia |
| genitive | fissilium | fissilium | fissilium |
| dative | fissilibus | fissilibus | fissilibus |
| accusative | fissilīs fissilēs | fissilīs fissilēs | fissilia |
| ablative | fissilibus | fissilibus | fissilibus |
| vocative | fissilēs | fissilēs | fissilia |
fissĭlis, e, adj. findo.
I. That may be cleft or split, fissile (rare;
not in Cic. or Caes.): robur, Verg. A. 6, 181; lignum, id. G. 1, 144; Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187: arundo, id. 16, 36, 64, § 157: vena lapidis, id. 36, 17, 27, § 131.—II. Cleft, split:
stipes, Col. 9, 1, 3. —Comically transf.: ad focum si adesses, Non fissile haberes caput, you would not have had your crown cracked, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 26.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fissilis e, adj.
2 FID-, that may be cleft, cleft . robur, V.: lignum, V.
Origins
From fiss- (perfect passive participial stem of findō (“to split”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
In English words that came into English from fissilis
- fissilefissilis