pensilis

Latin

Etymology

pendeō (“hang”) +‎ -ilis

Pronunciation

Adjective

pēnsilis (neuter pēnsile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. hanging (down), pendant, pensile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative pēnsilis pēnsile pēnsilēs pēnsilia
Genitive pēnsilis pēnsilium
Dative pēnsilī pēnsilibus
Accusative pēnsilem pēnsile pēnsilēs
pēnsilīs		 pēnsilia
Ablative pēnsilī pēnsilibus
Vocative pēnsilis pēnsile pēnsilēs pēnsilia

Descendants
  • Franco-Provençal: peil
  • Italian: pesolo
  • → English: pensile (learned)
  • → Italian: pensile (learned)
  • → Portuguese: pênsil (learned)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *pēsal, *pīsilā (see there for further descendants)

References
  • “pensilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pensilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pensilis 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)
  • pensilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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