stilus

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin stilus.

Noun

stilus

1. stylus (sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets)

Declension

Declension of stilus (Kotus type 39/vastaus)

		singular	plural
nominative		stilus	stilukset
accusative	nom.?	stilus	stilukset
	gen.	stiluksen
genitive		stiluksen	stilusten stiluksien
partitive		stilusta	stiluksia
inessive		stiluksessa	stiluksissa
elative		stiluksesta	stiluksista
illative		stilukseen	stiluksiin
adessive		stiluksella	stiluksilla
ablative		stilukselta	stiluksilta
allative		stilukselle	stiluksille
essive		stiluksena	stiluksina
translative		stilukseksi	stiluksiksi
instructive		—	stiluksin
abessive		stiluksetta	stiluksitta
comitative		—	stiluksineen

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyg-. Cognate to Latin instīgō/instigare, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lus/

Noun

stilus m (genitive stilī); second declension

1. A pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike.
2. A stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets.
3. (botany) The stem of a plant.
4. (by extension) The act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; manner of writing, style.
5. (by extension) A style in speaking, manner of speaking.

Inflection

Second declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	stilus	stilī
genitive	stilī	stilōrum
dative	stilō	stilīs
accusative	stilum	stilōs
ablative	stilō	stilīs
vocative	stile	stilī

Synonyms

• (stake): pālus, sudis, tālea

Derived terms

• stilō

Descendants

• Albanian: shtyllë
• Aromanian: stur
• Catalan: estil
• English: style, stylus
• French: style, stylo

• Italian: stelo, stile, stilo
• Portuguese: estilo
• Romanian: stil, stur
• Spanish: estilo

References

• stilus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879