scissilis

Latin

Etymology

From scissus (“cleft, cut”) +‎ -ilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskis.si.lis/, [ˈs̠kɪs̠ːɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃis.si.lis/, [ˈʃisːilis]

Adjective

scissilis (neuter scissile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. That can be easily split, cleft or rent.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	scissilis	scissile		scissilēs	scissilia
Genitive	scissilis			scissilium
Dative	scissilī			scissilibus
Accusative	scissilem	scissile		scissilēs scissilīs	scissilia
Ablative	scissilī			scissilibus
Vocative	scissilis	scissile		scissilēs	scissilia

Descendants

• Italian: scissile

References

• “scissilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scissilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.