scientiola

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, present active participle of sciō (“I know, understand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ski.enˈti.o.la/, [s̠kiɛn̪ˈt̪iɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃi.enˈt͡si.o.la/, [ʃienˈt̪͡s̪iːolä]

Noun

scientiola f (genitive scientiolae); first declension

1. A little knowledge, smattering.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scientiola	scientiolae
Genitive	scientiolae	scientiolārum
Dative	scientiolae	scientiolīs
Accusative	scientiolam	scientiolās
Ablative	scientiolā	scientiolīs
Vocative	scientiola	scientiolae

Related terms

• sciēns
• scientia
• scienter
• scientificus
• scīlicet
• sciō
• scīscō

References

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