fossilis

Latin

Etymology

From foss- (perfect passive participial stem of fodiō (“to dig; mine; quarry”)) +‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.si.lis/, [ˈfɔs̠ːɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.si.lis/, [ˈfɔsːilis]

Adjective

fossilis (neuter fossile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Retrieved from the earth, dug out, dug up, unearthed; fossil.

Declension

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

• (dug up, fossil): fossīcius

Related terms

Related terms

• fodicō
• fodīna
• fodiō
• fossa
• fossātum
• fossātus
• fossīcius
• fossiō
• fossō
• fossor
• fossōrius
• fossula
• fossūra
• fossus

Descendants

• → Catalan: fòssil
• → English: fossil
• → French: fossile
  • → German: Fossil
  • → Romanian: fosilă
  • → Turkish: fosil
• → Italian: fossile
• → Spanish: fósil
• → Swedish: fossil

References

• “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.