stylus
English
Alternative forms
- stilus
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstaɪ.ləs/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪləs
Noun
stylus (plural styli or styluses)
- (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review”, in The Telegraph:
- [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
- A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
- (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
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- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- Synonym: needle
- A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- (botany) Synonym of style.
Derived terms
- stylo-, styl-
Translations
tool for writing on clay tablets
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pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
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phonograph needle
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tool for writing Braille
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See also
- light pen, lightpen
References
- “stylus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “stylus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Czech
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Stylusy
Noun
stylus m
- stylus (small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget)
Declension
Declension of stylus
singular | plural | |
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nominative | stylus | stylusy |
genitive | stylusu | stylusů |
dative | stylusu | stylusům |
accusative | stylus | stylusy |
vocative | styluse | stylusy |
locative | stylusu, styluse | stylusech |
instrumental | stylusem | stylusy |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stylus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsti.lʏs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sty‧lus
Noun
stylus m (plural stylussen)
- stylus (sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets)
- stylus (plastic stick used for interacting with touch-screen devices)
Related terms
- stylo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsty.lus/, [ˈs̠t̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.lus/, [ˈst̪iːlus]
Noun
stylus m (genitive stylī); second declension
- (proscribed) Alternative form of stilus
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | stylus | stylī |
Genitive | stylī | stylōrum |
Dative | stylō | stylīs |
Accusative | stylum | stylōs |
Ablative | stylō | stylīs |
Vocative | style | stylī |
Descendants
- → English: style, stylus
References
- “stylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “stylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - stylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette - stylus 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)
- “stylus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“stilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers