stylus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stylus (plural styli or styluses)
- (writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
- 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review”, in The Telegraph[1]:
- [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- Synonym: needle
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- (botany) Synonym of style.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
tool for writing on clay tablets
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pen for writing on a touch-sensitive screen
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phonograph needle
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tool for writing Braille
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See also edit
References edit
- “stylus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “stylus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stylus m inan
- (computing) stylus (small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget)
Declension edit
Noun edit
stylus m inan
- (historical) stylus (instrument for writing on wax tablets)
- Alternative form: stilus
- (botany) pedicel
Declension edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stylus m (plural stylussen)
- stylus (sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets)
- stylus (plastic stick used for interacting with touch-screen devices)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsty.lus/, [ˈs̠t̪ʏɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.lus/, [ˈst̪iːlus]
Noun edit
stylus m (genitive stylī); second declension
- (proscribed) Alternative form of stilus
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | stylus | stylī |
Genitive | stylī | stylōrum |
Dative | stylō | stylīs |
Accusative | stylum | stylōs |
Ablative | stylō | stylīs |
Vocative | style | stylī |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “stylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “stylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - stylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette - stylus 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)
- “stylus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“stilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek stylus.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stylus m inan
- (historical) stylus (ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay)
Declension edit
Declension of stylus
References edit
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “stylus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading edit
- stylus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “stylus”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- stylus in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego