scite

Latin

Etymology

From scītus (“shrewd, skilful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.teː/, [ˈskiː.t̪eː]

Adverb

scītē (comparative scītius, superlative scītissimē)

1. shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, tastefully, elegantly

Related terms

• sciō
• scīscō
• scītāmenta
• scītātiō

• scītor
• scītulus
• scītum
• scītus

Verb

scīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sciō

References

• scite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skīta-, *skītaz, *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Middle Low German schite (Low German Schiet), Old Dutch skīta (Middle Dutch schitte, Dutch schijt), German Scheiße, Swedish skit, Norwegian skitt, Icelandic skítur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːte/

Noun

sċīte f

1. shit, faeces

Related terms

• scitan

Descendants

• Middle English: schit, schyt
  • English: shite, shit