sceletus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskɛ.ɫɛ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈʃɛː.le.t̪us]
Noun
sceletus m (genitive sceletī); second declension
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.