Scotus

See also: SCOTUS

English

Alternative forms

• Scottus

Etymology

From Latin Scotus (“the Scotii”)

Proper noun

Scotus (plural Scotuses)

1. A Gaelic surname from Latin

Derived terms

• principle of Pseudo-Scotus

 

Related terms

• Scot
• Scott

 

Anagrams

• scouts, custos, costus, Scouts

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Celtic, but not matching any known ethnonyms. See Scoti.

Noun

Scōtus m (genitive Scōtī); second declension

1. Gael (person from Ireland or Scotland)
2. Scot (person from Scotland)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Scōtus	Scōtī
Genitive	Scōtī	Scōtōrum
Dative	Scōtō	Scōtīs
Accusative	Scōtum	Scōtōs
Ablative	Scōtō	Scōtīs
Vocative	Scōte	Scōtī

Related terms

• Nova Scōtia
• Scōtia
• scōticus

Proper noun

Scōtus m sg (genitive Scōtī); second declension

1. Erebus (god of darkness)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scōtus
Genitive	Scōtī
Dative	Scōtō
Accusative	Scōtum
Ablative	Scōtō
Vocative	Scōte

References

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