scelestus

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Latin

Etymology

From scelus (“evil deed”) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

scelestus (feminine scelesta, neuter scelestum, comparative scelestior, superlative scelestissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wicked, villainous, criminal, abominable
  2. calamitous, unfortunate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative scelestus scelesta scelestum scelestī scelestae scelesta
genitive scelestī scelestae scelestī scelestōrum scelestārum scelestōrum
dative scelestō scelestae scelestō scelestīs
accusative scelestum scelestam scelestum scelestōs scelestās scelesta
ablative scelestō scelestā scelestō scelestīs
vocative sceleste scelesta scelestum scelestī scelestae scelesta

Derived terms

Noun

scelestus m (genitive scelestī, feminine scelesta); second declension

  1. wicked person
    Synonyms: vitiōsus, scelerātus, malus, facinorōsus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scelestus scelestī
genitive scelestī scelestōrum
dative scelestō scelestīs
accusative scelestum scelestōs
ablative scelestō scelestīs
vocative sceleste scelestī

References

  • “scelestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scelestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scelestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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