dyscolus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύσκολος (dúskolos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dyscolus (feminine dyscola, neuter dyscolum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. peevish, irritable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dyscolus dyscola dyscolum dyscolī dyscolae dyscola
genitive dyscolī dyscolae dyscolī dyscolōrum dyscolārum dyscolōrum
dative dyscolō dyscolae dyscolō dyscolīs
accusative dyscolum dyscolam dyscolum dyscolōs dyscolās dyscola
ablative dyscolō dyscolā dyscolō dyscolīs
vocative dyscole dyscola dyscolum dyscolī dyscolae dyscola

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Dyscolus

References

  • “dyscolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dyscolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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