fissum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfis.sum/, [ˈfɪs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfis.sum/, [ˈfisːum]

Etymology 1

From the neuter of fissus (“cleft, cloven, split, divided”), the perfect passive participle of findō (“to cleave, split, divide”).

Noun

fissum n (genitive fissī); second declension

1. a cleft, slit, fissure; (especially anatomy) the cleft of the liver
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De divinatione 1.52.118:

     iecorum fissīs

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fissum	fissa
Genitive	fissī	fissōrum
Dative	fissō	fissīs
Accusative	fissum	fissa
Ablative	fissō	fissīs
Vocative	fissum	fissa

Derived terms

• fissulum

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

fissum

1. inflection of fissus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

• “findo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fissum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fissum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.