dyscolus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύσκολος (dúskolos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdys.ko.lus/, [ˈd̪ʏs̠kɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.ko.lus/, [ˈd̪iskolus]

Adjective

dyscolus (feminine dyscola, neuter dyscolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. peevish, irritable

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dyscolus	dyscola	dyscolum		dyscolī	dyscolae	dyscola
genitive	dyscolī	dyscolae	dyscolī		dyscolōrum	dyscolārum	dyscolōrum
dative	dyscolō	dyscolae	dyscolō		dyscolīs
accusative	dyscolum	dyscolam	dyscolum		dyscolōs	dyscolās	dyscola
ablative	dyscolō	dyscolā	dyscolō		dyscolīs
vocative	dyscole	dyscola	dyscolum		dyscolī	dyscolae	dyscola

Descendants

• → Translingual: Dyscolus

References

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