scitus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive (but note its middle voice meanings) participle of scīscō (“inquire; approve, appoint; learn”) or of sciō (“know”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.tus/, [ˈs̠kiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.tus/, [ˈʃiːt̪us]
Participle
[edit]scītus (feminine scīta, neuter scītum, adverb scītē); first/second-declension participle
- searched, questioned, inquired, having been searched
- approved, appointed, enacted, decreed, having been appointed
- learnt, ascertained, known, having been ascertained
- (middle voice) showing knowledge, knowing, wise, shrewd, experienced, skilful
- (middle voice) fit, suitable, proper, sensible
- (middle voice) (figuratively) beautiful, elegant, fine, attractive
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes these middle voice meanings take objects in genitive case or object clauses.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | scītus | scīta | scītum | scītī | scītae | scīta | |
| genitive | scītī | scītae | scītī | scītōrum | scītārum | scītōrum | |
| dative | scītō | scītae | scītō | scītīs | |||
| accusative | scītum | scītam | scītum | scītōs | scītās | scīta | |
| ablative | scītō | scītā | scītō | scītīs | |||
| vocative | scīte | scīta | scītum | scītī | scītae | scīta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]scītus m (genitive scītūs); fourth declension
- A decree, resolution or ordinance of the people.
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scītus | scītūs |
| genitive | scītūs | scītuum |
| dative | scītuī | scītibus |
| accusative | scītum | scītūs |
| ablative | scītū | scītibus |
| vocative | scītus | scītūs |
Synonyms
[edit]- (resolution of the people): scītum
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “scitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "scitus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- scitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.