stilus

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See also: stílus

English

Pronunciation

Noun

stilus (plural stili)

  1. Alternative spelling of stylus.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin stilus. Doublet of staili and tyyli.

Pronunciation

Noun

stilus

  1. stylus (sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets)

Declension

Inflection of stilus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative stilus stilukset
genitive stiluksen stilusten
stiluksien
partitive stilusta stiluksia
illative stilukseen stiluksiin
singular plural
nominative stilus stilukset
accusative nom. stilus stilukset
gen. stiluksen
genitive stiluksen stilusten
stiluksien
partitive stilusta stiluksia
inessive stiluksessa stiluksissa
elative stiluksesta stiluksista
illative stilukseen stiluksiin
adessive stiluksella stiluksilla
ablative stilukselta stiluksilta
allative stilukselle stiluksille
essive stiluksena stiluksina
translative stilukseksi stiluksiksi
abessive stiluksetta stiluksitta
instructive stiluksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of stilus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative stilukseni stilukseni
accusative nom. stilukseni stilukseni
gen. stilukseni
genitive stilukseni stilusteni
stiluksieni
partitive stilustani stiluksiani
inessive stiluksessani stiluksissani
elative stiluksestani stiluksistani
illative stilukseeni stiluksiini
adessive stiluksellani stiluksillani
ablative stilukseltani stiluksiltani
allative stilukselleni stiluksilleni
essive stiluksenani stiluksinani
translative stiluksekseni stiluksikseni
abessive stiluksettani stiluksittani
instructive
comitative stiluksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative stiluksesi stiluksesi
accusative nom. stiluksesi stiluksesi
gen. stiluksesi
genitive stiluksesi stilustesi
stiluksiesi
partitive stilustasi stiluksiasi
inessive stiluksessasi stiluksissasi
elative stiluksestasi stiluksistasi
illative stilukseesi stiluksiisi
adessive stiluksellasi stiluksillasi
ablative stilukseltasi stiluksiltasi
allative stiluksellesi stiluksillesi
essive stiluksenasi stiluksinasi
translative stilukseksesi stiluksiksesi
abessive stiluksettasi stiluksittasi
instructive
comitative stiluksinesi

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (to be sharp; to sting).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sti‧lus

Noun

stilus (plural stilus-stilus, first-person possessive stilusku, second-person possessive stilusmu, third-person possessive stilusnya)

  1. stylus:
    1. (historical) an ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
    2. (computing) a small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
  2. (botany) style: The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
    Synonym: stil (Standard Malay)

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Italic *stiglos (which stimulus and stiva may also be related to), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (to be sharp; to sting) +‎ *-lós. In this case, related to instīgō (to urge, stimulate, stir up), Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stízō, to mark with a pointed instrument), Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stígma, mark, spot), Proto-Germanic *stikaną (to stick, stab).[1] An alternative derivation relates the word to Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 (staēra, mountaintop).[2]

Not related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, pillar; wooden pole).

Pronunciation

Noun

stilus m (genitive stilī); second declension

  1. (in general) a stake, pale, spike
    Synonyms: pālus, sudis, tālea, vallus
    • c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.4.5:
      ab hac medietate restium ligneus stilus exsurgens obliquus
      From the middle of these ropes a wooden arm rises obliquely
    1. (agriculture) a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly
      • 4 CEc. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.3.53:
         ; deinde eas confecto aequinoctio paululo infra terram secare et ligneo stilo laxatis vel rubi vel ferulae medullis stercus inmittere atque ita semina cucumeris inserere,
    2. (botany) a stem, stalk
      • 4 CEc. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 5.10.13:
        Omnis autem nux unam radicem mittit, et simplici stilo prorepit.
  2. (in particular) a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets
    • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.1.27:
      cum vero iam ductus sequi coeperit, non inutile erit eas tabellae quam optime insculpi, ut per illos velut sulcos ducatur stilus.
      As soon as the child has begun to know the shapes of the various letters, it will be no bad thing to have them cut as accurately as possible upon a board, so that the pen may be guided along the grooves.
    1. (transferred sense):
      1. an act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; a manner of writing, mode of composition
        Synonyms: scriptiō, scriptūra
      2. a style in speaking, manner of speaking, mode of expression
        • 1826, Stanislas Julien, Meng Tseu vel Mencius, page 46:
          Ejus stylus, tunc historicus.
          Its style is historical.
      3. a decision, verdict, opinion

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative stilus stilī
genitive stilī stilōrum
dative stilō stilīs
accusative stilum stilōs
ablative stilō stilīs
vocative stile stilī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stilus 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)
  • stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • stilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stilus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ “stilo, istigare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stilus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587