Latin edit

Etymology edit

From sedeō, through its perf. pass. part. stem sess-, + -ilis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sessilis (neuter sessile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. suitable as a seat
  2. (of plants) that is low-growing; dwarf
  3. (as a taxonomic epithet) sessile

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sessilis sessile sessilēs sessilia
Genitive sessilis sessilium
Dative sessilī sessilibus
Accusative sessilem sessile sessilēs
sessilīs
sessilia
Ablative sessilī sessilibus
Vocative sessilis sessile sessilēs sessilia

Descendants edit

  • Italian: sessile

References edit

  • sessilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sessilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sessilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sessilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.