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fossilis
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Latin
Etymology
From foss- (perfect passive participial stem of fodiō (“to dig; mine; quarry”)) + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔs.sɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔs.si.lis]
Adjective
fossilis (neuter fossile); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Synonyms
- (dug up, fossil): fossīcius
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Descendants
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.
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