sessilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From sedeō, through its perf. pass. part. stem sess-, + -ilis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛs.sɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛs.si.lis] === Adjective === sessilis (neuter sessile); third-declension two-termination adjective suitable as a seat (of plants) that is low-growing; dwarf (as a taxonomic epithet) sessile ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: sessile Italian: sessile ⇒ Translingual: Sessilida === 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, 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.