LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

fissūra

fissūra f (genitive fissūrae)
Classical[fɪsˈsuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[fisˈsuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. Late Latina cleft, chink; a fissure

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefissūrafissūrae
genitivefissūraefissūrārum
dativefissūraefissūrīs
accusativefissūramfissūrās
ablativefissūrāfissūrīs
vocativefissūrafissūrae

fissūra, ae, f. findo;
I. a cleft, chink, fissure (post-Aug.): quorum in digitos pedum fissura divisa est, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 176: vitis, Col. 4, 29, 4.—In plur., Plin. 33, 6, 33, § 101: efficax asini sevum labrorum fissuris, chapped lips, id. 28, 12, 50, § 188.

Origins

From findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishfissurefrom Old French fissure
  • Portuguesefissura
  • Spanishfisura

In English words that came into English from fissūra

  • fissurefissūra

Quick answers

What does fissūra mean in Latin?
fissūra, a noun, means “a cleft, chink; a fissure”.
What is the genitive of fissūra?
The genitive singular is fissūrae. fissūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce fissūra?
In classical Latin, [fɪsˈsuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fisˈsuː.ra].