stilus

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstaɪ.ləs/ Rhymes: -aɪləs === Noun === stilus (plural stili) Alternative spelling of stylus. === Anagrams === sluits == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin stilus. Doublet of staili and tyyli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstilus/, [ˈs̠tilus̠] Rhymes: -ilus Syllabification(key): sti‧lus Hyphenation(key): sti‧lus === Noun === stilus stylus (sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets) ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstilʊs] Hyphenation: sti‧lus === Noun === stilus (plural stilus-stilus) stylus: (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 (computing) a small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen (botany) style: The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower Synonym: stil (Standard Malay) === Further reading === “stilus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Alternative forms === stylus (misspelling) === 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 (stĭ́zō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”), Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă, “mark, spot”), Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, stab”). An alternative derivation relates the word to Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 (staēra, “mountaintop”). Not related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar; wooden pole”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstɪ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstiː.lus] === Noun === stilus m (genitive stilī); second declension (in general) a stake, pale, spike Synonyms: pālus, sudis, tālea, vallus (agriculture) a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly (botany) a stem, stalk (in particular) a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets (transferred sense): an act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; a manner of writing, mode of composition Synonyms: scriptiō, scriptūra a style in speaking, manner of speaking, mode of expression a decision, verdict, opinion ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== stilō (verb) ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, 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