scitus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive (but note its middle voice meanings) participle of scīscō (“inquire; approve, appoint; learn”) or of sciō (“know”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.tus/, [ˈs̠kiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.tus/, [ˈʃiːt̪us]
Participle edit
scītus (feminine scīta, neuter scītum, adverb scītē); first/second-declension participle
- searched, questioned, inquired, having been searched
- approved, appointed, enacted, decreed, having been appointed
- learnt, ascertained, known, having been ascertained
- (middle voice) showing knowledge, knowing, wise, shrewd, experienced, skilful
- (middle voice) fit, suitable, proper, sensible
- (middle voice) (figuratively) beautiful, elegant, fine, attractive
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes these middle voice meanings take objects in genitive case or object clauses.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scītus | scīta | scītum | scītī | scītae | scīta | |
| Genitive | scītī | scītae | scītī | scītōrum | scītārum | scītōrum | |
| Dative | scītō | scītō | scītīs | ||||
| Accusative | scītum | scītam | scītum | scītōs | scītās | scīta | |
| Ablative | scītō | scītā | scītō | scītīs | |||
| Vocative | scīte | scīta | scītum | scītī | scītae | scīta | |
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
scītus m (genitive scītūs); fourth declension
- A decree, resolution or ordinance of the people.
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scītus | scītūs |
| Genitive | scītūs | scītuum |
| Dative | scītuī | scītibus |
| Accusative | scītum | scītūs |
| Ablative | scītū | scītibus |
| Vocative | scītus | scītūs |
Synonyms edit
- (resolution of the people): scītum
Related terms edit
References edit
- “scitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scitus 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)
- scitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.