fossilis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From foss- (perfect passive participial stem of fodiō (“to dig; mine; quarry”)) -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfos.si.lis/, [ˈfɔs̠ːɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.si.lis/, [ˈfɔsːilis]
Adjective
[edit]fossilis (neuter fossile); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | fossilis | fossile | fossilēs | fossilia | |
Genitive | fossilis | fossilium | |||
Dative | fossilī | fossilibus | |||
Accusative | fossilem | fossile | fossilēs fossilīs |
fossilia | |
Ablative | fossilī | fossilibus | |||
Vocative | fossilis | fossile | fossilēs | fossilia |
Synonyms
[edit]- (dug up, fossil): fossīcius
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “fossilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fossilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.