Scotus

See also: SCOTUS

English

Alternative forms

• Scottus

Etymology

From Latin Scotus (“the Scotii”).

Proper noun

Scotus (plural Scotuses)

1. A Gaelic surname from Latin

Derived terms

• principle of Pseudo-Scotus

Related terms

• Scot
• Scott

Anagrams

• scouts, custos, costus, Scouts

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Celtic, but not matching any known ethnonyms. See Scoti.

Noun

Scōtus m (genitive Scōtī); second declension

1. Gael (person from Ireland or Scotland)
2. Scot (person from Scotland)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Scōtus	Scōtī
genitive	Scōtī	Scōtōrum
dative	Scōtō	Scōtīs
accusative	Scōtum	Scōtōs
ablative	Scōtō	Scōtīs
vocative	Scōte	Scōtī

Related terms

• Nova Scōtia
• Scōtia
• scōticus

Proper noun

Scōtus m sg (genitive Scōtī); second declension

1. Erebus (god of darkness)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scōtus
genitive	Scōtī
dative	Scōtō
accusative	Scōtum
ablative	Scōtō
vocative	Scōte

References

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