English

Noun

stilus ‎(plural stili)

1. Alternative form of stylus

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin stilus.

Noun

stilus

1. stylus (sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets)

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyg-. Cognate to Latin instīgō/instigare, Ancient Greek στίζω ‎(stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną ‎(“to stick, to stab”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lus/

Noun

stilus m ‎(genitive stilī); second declension

1. A pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike.
2. A stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets.
3. (botany) The stem of a plant.
4. (by extension) The act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; manner of writing, style.
5. (by extension) A style in speaking, manner of speaking.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (stake): pālus, sudis, tālea, vallus

Derived terms

• stilō

Descendants

References

• stilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stilus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• STILUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stilus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• stilus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stilus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. ↑ “stilo, istigare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2