scelestus

Latin

Etymology

From scelus (“evil deed”) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skeˈles.tus/, [s̠kɛˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈles.tus/, [ʃeˈlɛst̪us]

Adjective

scelestus (feminine scelesta, neuter scelestum, comparative scelestior, superlative scelestissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. wicked, villainous, criminal, abominable
2. calamitous, unfortunate

Declension

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

• scelestē

Noun

scelestus m (genitive scelestī, feminine scelesta); second declension

1. wicked person

   Synonyms: vitiōsus, scelerātus, malus, facinorōsus

Declension

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

• “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.