sceletus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Pronunciation

Noun

sceletus m (genitive sceletī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) skeleton

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

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