scelestus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From scelus (“evil deed”) -tus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /skeˈles.tus/, [s̠kɛˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃeˈles.tus/, [ʃeˈlɛst̪us]
Adjective
[edit]scelestus (feminine scelesta, neuter scelestum, comparative scelestior, superlative scelestissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | scelestus | scelesta | scelestum | scelestī | scelestae | scelesta | |
Genitive | scelestī | scelestae | scelestī | scelestōrum | scelestārum | scelestōrum | |
Dative | scelestō | scelestō | scelestīs | ||||
Accusative | scelestum | scelestam | scelestum | scelestōs | scelestās | scelesta | |
Ablative | scelestō | scelestā | scelestō | scelestīs | |||
Vocative | sceleste | scelesta | scelestum | scelestī | scelestae | scelesta |
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]scelestus m (genitive scelestī, feminine scelesta); second declension
- wicked person
- Synonyms: vitiōsus, scelerātus, malus, facinorōsus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scelestus | scelestī |
Genitive | scelestī | scelestōrum |
Dative | scelestō | scelestīs |
Accusative | scelestum | scelestōs |
Ablative | scelestō | scelestīs |
Vocative | sceleste | scelestī |
References
[edit]- “scelestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scelestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scelestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.