scelestus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From scelus (“evil deed”) + -tus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skeˈles.tus/, [s̠kɛˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃeˈles.tus/, [ʃeˈlɛst̪us]
Adjective edit
scelestus (feminine scelesta, neuter scelestum, comparative scelestior, superlative scelestissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scelestus | scelesta | scelestum | scelestī | scelestae | scelesta | |
| Genitive | scelestī | scelestae | scelestī | scelestōrum | scelestārum | scelestōrum | |
| Dative | scelestō | scelestō | scelestīs | ||||
| Accusative | scelestum | scelestam | scelestum | scelestōs | scelestās | scelesta | |
| Ablative | scelestō | scelestā | scelestō | scelestīs | |||
| Vocative | sceleste | scelesta | scelestum | scelestī | scelestae | scelesta | |
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
scelestus m (genitive scelestī, feminine scelesta); second declension
- wicked person
- Synonyms: vitiōsus, scelerātus, malus, facinorōsus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scelestus | scelestī |
| Genitive | scelestī | scelestōrum |
| Dative | scelestō | scelestīs |
| Accusative | scelestum | scelestōs |
| Ablative | scelestō | scelestīs |
| Vocative | sceleste | scelestī |
References edit
- “scelestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scelestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scelestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.