sceletus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈske.le.tus/, [ˈs̠kɛɫ̪ɛt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.le.tus/, [ˈʃɛːlet̪us]

Noun

sceletus m (genitive sceletī); second declension

1. (anatomy) a skeleton

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sceletus	sceletī
Genitive	sceletī	sceletōrum
Dative	sceletō	sceletīs
Accusative	sceletum	sceletōs
Ablative	sceletō	sceletīs
Vocative	scelete	sceletī

Descendants

• → English: (obsolete) scelet, skelet (learned)
• → German: Skelett (learned)
  • → Dutch: skelet
    • Afrikaans: skelet
    • → Papiamentu: skelèt, skalet
• → Italian: scheletro (learned)
• → Middle French: scelette (learned)
  • French: squelette
    • → Ottoman Turkish: اسكلت (iskelet)
      • Turkish: iskelet
• → Portuguese: esqueleto (learned)
• → Spanish: esqueleto (learned)

References

• “sceletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sceletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.