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fossilis

fossilis

Latin

Adjective

fossilis m, f ‎(neuter fossile); third declension

Retrieved from the earth, dug out, dug up; fossil.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	fossilis	fossile		fossilēs	fossilia
genitive	fossilis			fossilium
dative	fossilī			fossilibus
accusative	fossilem	fossile		fossilēs	fossilia
ablative	fossilī			fossilibus
vocative	fossilis	fossile		fossilēs	fossilia

Synonyms

(dug up, fossil): fossīcius

Related terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: fossil
French: fossile
Italian: fossile
Spanish: fósil

References

fossilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fossilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.