scutilus

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Latin

Etymology

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek σκύλλω (skúllō, “to molest, annoy”) and Lithuanian skùtas (“a small piece of something”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

scutilus (feminine scutila, neuter scutilum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. thin, slender

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative scutilus scutila scutilum scutilī scutilae scutila
Genitive scutilī scutilae scutilī scutilōrum scutilārum scutilōrum
Dative scutilō scutilō scutilīs
Accusative scutilum scutilam scutilum scutilōs scutilās scutila
Ablative scutilō scutilā scutilō scutilīs
Vocative scutile scutila scutilum scutilī scutilae scutila

References

  • “scutilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scutilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “scutilus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 503
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