stilus

See also: stílus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ.ləs/
• Rhymes: -aɪləs

Noun

stilus (plural stili)

1. Alternative spelling of stylus.

Anagrams

• sluits

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin stilus.

Noun

stilus

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

Declension

Inflection of stilus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		stilus	stilukset
genitive		stiluksen	stilusten stiluksien
partitive		stilusta	stiluksia
illative		stilukseen	stiluksiin
		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

Possessive forms of stilus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	stilukseni	stiluksemme
2nd person	stiluksesi	stiluksenne
3rd person	stiluksensa

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Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstilʊs]
• Hyphenation: sti‧lus

Noun

stilus (first-person possessive stilusku, second-person possessive stilusmu, third-person possessive stilusnya)

1. stylus:
   1. (historical) 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.
   2. (computing) a small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.

Further reading

• “stilus” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• stylus (misspelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”). Related to instīgō (“to urge, stimulate, stir up”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”), Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stígma, “mark, spot”), Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, stab”). Not related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar; wooden pole”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lus/, [ˈst̪iːlus]

Noun

stilus m (genitive stilī); second declension

1. (in general) a stake, pale, spike

   Synonyms: pālus, sudis, tālea, vallus

   • c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.4.5:

     ab hac medietate restium ligneus stilus exsurgens obliquus

     From the middle of these ropes a wooden arm rises obliquely

   1. (agriculture) a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly
      • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.3.53:

         […]; deinde eas confecto aequinoctio paululo infra terram secare et ligneo stilo laxatis vel rubi vel ferulae medullis stercus inmittere atque ita semina cucumeris inserere, […]

   2. (botany) a stem, stalk
      • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 5.10.13:

        Omnis autem nux unam radicem mittit, et simplici stilo prorepit.

2. (in particular) a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets
   • c. 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.1.27:

     cum vero iam ductus sequi coeperit, non inutile erit eas tabellae quam optime insculpi, ut per illos velut sulcos ducatur stilus.

     As soon as the child has begun to know the shapes of the various letters, it will be no bad thing to have them cut as accurately as possible upon a board, so that the pen may be guided along the grooves.

   1. (transferred sense):
      1. an act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; a manner of writing, mode of composition

         Synonyms: scriptiō, scriptūra

         • 61 CE – c. 112 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 7.27.9:

           Hic contra ut paulum exspectaret manu significat rursusque ceris et stilo incumbit.

      2. a style in speaking, manner of speaking, mode of expression
         • 1826, Stanislaus Julien, Meng Tseu vel Mencius‎^[1], page 46:

           Ejus stylus, tunc historicus.

           Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals'] style is historical.

      3. a decision, verdict, opinion

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stilus	stilī
Genitive	stilī	stilōrum
Dative	stilō	stilīs
Accusative	stilum	stilōs
Ablative	stilō	stilīs
Vocative	stile	stilī

Derived terms

• stilō (verb)

Descendants

Descendants of stilus in other languages

• Albanian: shtyllë
• Aromanian: stur
• Catalan: estil
• → English: stylus
• French: stylo
  • → Dutch: stylo
  • → Khmer: ស្ទីឡូ (stiilou)
• Friulian: stîl
• Galician: esteo, estilo
• → German: Stil, Styl, Stylus, Stiel
• → Irish: stíl, stíleas
• Italian: stelo, → stile, stilo
• Old French: estile, estil, estille, setille, stile
  • → Middle English: stile, steyl, steyle, stiȝele, style
    • English: stile
    • Scots: style
  • Middle French: stile, stille, style
    • French: style, stile
• → Piedmontese: stil
• Portuguese: estilo
• → Romanian: stil, stur
• Spanish: estilo
• → Welsh: stil, ystîl

References

• “stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stilus 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)
• stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “stilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stilus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin