scitulus
Latin
Etymology
From scītus (“beautiful, elegant”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.tu.lus/, [ˈs̠kiːt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.tu.lus/, [ˈʃiːt̪ulus]
Adjective
scītulus (feminine scītula, neuter scītulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of scītus: handsome, beautiful, pretty, elegant, neat, trim
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scītulus | scītula | scītulum | scītulī | scītulae | scītula | |
| Genitive | scītulī | scītulae | scītulī | scītulōrum | scītulārum | scītulōrum | |
| Dative | scītulō | scītulō | scītulīs | ||||
| Accusative | scītulum | scītulam | scītulum | scītulōs | scītulās | scītula | |
| Ablative | scītulō | scītulā | scītulō | scītulīs | |||
| Vocative | scītule | scītula | scītulum | scītulī | scītulae | scītula | |
Derived terms
- scītulē
Related terms
- sciō
- scīscō
- scītāmenta
- scītātiō
- scītē
- scītor
- scītum
- scītus
References
- “scitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scitulus 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)
- scitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette