sessilis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈses.si.lis/, [ˈs̠ɛs̠ːɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈses.si.lis/, [ˈsɛsːilis]

Adjective

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

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	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

• Italian: sessile

References

• “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.