scientiola

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, present active participle of sciō (“I know, understand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

scientiola f (genitive scientiolae); first declension

  1. A little knowledge, smattering.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scientiola scientiolae
genitive scientiolae scientiolārum
dative scientiolae scientiolīs
accusative scientiolam scientiolās
ablative scientiolā scientiolīs
vocative scientiola scientiolae

References

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