scissilis, e, adj. scindo. That may easily be split, cleft, or rent: alumen, Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11: lapis, id. 6, 6, 30.
— (Postclass.) scissus, a, um, rent, torn: palliastrum, App. M. 1, p. 104, 27; cf. centunculus, id. 9, p. 222, 27: fasciae, Veg. 3, 47, 3.