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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive form of scius (“knowing”) found in Late Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
sciolus m (genitive sciolī, feminine sciola); second declension
- sciolist, smatterer
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Further reading
- “sciolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sciolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sciolus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia