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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

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.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: fòssil
  • English: fossil
  • French: fossile
  • 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.
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