fossilis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From fodiō (“dig; mine; quarry”) + -ilis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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 | |||
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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.