stilus

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin stilus.

Noun

stilus

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

Declension

Declension of stilus (type vastaus) singular plural nominative stilus stilukset genitive stiluksen stilusten stiluksien partitive stilusta stiluksia accusative stilus stiluksen stilukset inessive stiluksessa stiluksissa elative stiluksesta stiluksista illative stilukseen stiluksiin adessive stiluksella stiluksilla ablative stilukselta stiluksilta allative stilukselle stiluksille essive stiluksena stiluksina translative stilukseksi stiluksiksi instructive – stiluksin abessive stiluksetta stiluksitta comitative – stiluksineen

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyg-. Cognate to Latin instīgō/instigare, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsti.lus/

Noun

stilus (genitive stilī); m, second declension

1. A pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike.
2. A stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets.
3. (botany) The stem of a plant.
4. (by extension) The act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; manner of writing, style.
5. (by extension) A style in speaking, manner of speaking.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	stilus	stilī
genitive	stilī	stilōrum
dative	stilō	stilīs
accusative	stilum	stilōs
ablative	stilō	stilīs
vocative	stile	stilī

Synonyms

• (stake): pālus, sudis, tālea

Derived terms

• stilō

Descendants

Albanian: shtyllë Aromanian: stur Catalan: estil English: style, stylus French: style, stylo

Italian: stelo, stile, stilo Portuguese: estilo Romanian: stil, stur Spanish: estilo

References

• stilus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879