fissilis

fissĭlis, e, adj. [findo].

I.

That may be cleft or split, fissile (rare;

not in Cic. or Caes.): robur,

Verg. A. 6, 181;

lignum,

id. G. 1, 144; Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187:

arundo,

id. 16, 36, 64, § 157:

vena lapidis,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131.—

II.

Cleft, split:

stipes,

Col. 9, 1, 3. —Comically transf.:

ad focum si adesses, Non fissile haberes caput,

you would not have had your crown cracked, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 26.