noun · neutersecond declension
fissum
fissum n (genitive fissī)
Classical[ˈfɪs.sũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfis.sum]
Meaning
- neutera cleft, slit, fissure; (especially anatomy) the cleft of the liver
Nam non placet Stoicis singulis iecorum fissis aut avium cantibus interesse deum [...]
One must say it does not become stoics thinking gods meddle with each and every crack of their own liver or else with the singing of birds …45 BCE, Cicero, De divinatione 1.52.118
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fissum | fissa |
| genitive | fissī | fissōrum |
| dative | fissō | fissīs |
| accusative | fissum | fissa |
| ablative | fissō | fissīs |
| vocative | fissum | fissa |
fissum, i, n., v. findo
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fissum ī, n
P. n. of findo, a cleft, fissure (esp. of the liver): in extis: iecoris.
Origins
From the neuter of fissus (“cleft, cloven, split, divided”), the perfect passive participle of findō (“to cleave, split, divide”).
Descendants
- Catalanfesafrom Vulgar Latin *fissa
- Frenchfessefrom Vulgar Latin *fissa