sceletus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Pronunciation

Noun

sceletus m (genitive sceletī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) skeleton

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sceletus sceletī
genitive sceletī sceletōrum
dative sceletō sceletīs
accusative sceletum sceletōs
ablative sceletō sceletīs
vocative scelete sceletī

Descendants

  • English: (obsolete) scelet, skelet (learned)
  • German: Skelett (learned)
  • Italian: scheletro (learned)
  • Middle French: scelette (learned)
  • Portuguese: esqueleto (learned)
  • Spanish: esqueleto (learned)

References

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