scite
Latin
Etymology
From scītus (“shrewd, skilful”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.teː/
Adverb
scītē (comparative scītius, superlative scītissimē)
- shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, tastefully, elegantly
Related terms
- sciō
- scīscō
- scītāmenta
- scītātiō
- scītor
- scītulus
- scītum
- scītus
Verb
scīte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sciō
References
- scite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skīta-, *skītaz, *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Middle Low German schite (Low German Schiet), Old Dutch skīta (Middle Dutch schitte, Dutch schijt), German Scheiße, Swedish skit, Norwegian skitt, Icelandic skítur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːte/
Noun
sċīte f
- shit, faeces
Related terms
- scitan
Descendants
- Middle English: schit, schyt
- English: shite, shit