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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive (but note its middle voice meanings) participle of scīscō (“inquire; approve, appoint; learn”) or of sciō (“know”).
Pronunciation
Participle
scītus (feminine scīta, neuter scītum, adverb scītē); first/second-declension participle
- searched, questioned, inquired, having been searched
- approved, appointed, enacted, decreed, having been appointed
- learnt, ascertained, known, having been ascertained
- (middle voice) showing knowledge, knowing, wise, shrewd, experienced, skilful
- (middle voice) fit, suitable, proper, sensible
- (middle voice) (figuratively) beautiful, elegant, fine, attractive
Usage notes
- Sometimes these middle voice meanings take objects in genitive case or object clauses.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Noun
scītus m (genitive scītūs); fourth declension
- A decree, resolution or ordinance of the people.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (resolution of the people): scītum
References
- “scitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- scitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.