stilus

See also: stílus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ.ləs/
• Rhymes: -aɪləs

Noun

stilus (plural stili)

1. Alternative spelling of stylus.

Anagrams

• sluits

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin stilus. Doublet of staili and tyyli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstilus/, [ˈs̠tilus̠]
• Rhymes: -ilus
• Hyphenation^(key): sti‧lus

Noun

stilus

1. stylus (sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets)

Declension

Inflection of stilus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		stilus	stilukset
genitive		stiluksen	stilusten stiluksien
partitive		stilusta	stiluksia
illative		stilukseen	stiluksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		stilus	stilukset
accusative	nom.	stilus	stilukset
	gen.	stiluksen
genitive		stiluksen	stilusten stiluksien
partitive		stilusta	stiluksia
inessive		stiluksessa	stiluksissa
elative		stiluksesta	stiluksista
illative		stilukseen	stiluksiin
adessive		stiluksella	stiluksilla
ablative		stilukselta	stiluksilta
allative		stilukselle	stiluksille
essive		stiluksena	stiluksina
translative		stilukseksi	stiluksiksi
abessive		stiluksetta	stiluksitta
instructive		—	stiluksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of stilus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative stilukseni stilukseni accusative nom. stilukseni stilukseni gen. stilukseni genitive stilukseni stilusteni stiluksieni partitive stilustani stiluksiani inessive stiluksessani stiluksissani elative stiluksestani stiluksistani illative stilukseeni stiluksiini adessive stiluksellani stiluksillani ablative stilukseltani stiluksiltani allative stilukselleni stiluksilleni essive stiluksenani stiluksinani translative stiluksekseni stiluksikseni abessive stiluksettani stiluksittani instructive — — comitative — stiluksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative stiluksesi stiluksesi accusative nom. stiluksesi stiluksesi gen. stiluksesi genitive stiluksesi stilustesi stiluksiesi partitive stilustasi stiluksiasi inessive stiluksessasi stiluksissasi elative stiluksestasi stiluksistasi illative stilukseesi stiluksiisi adessive stiluksellasi stiluksillasi ablative stilukseltasi stiluksiltasi allative stiluksellesi stiluksillesi essive stiluksenasi stiluksinasi translative stilukseksesi stiluksiksesi abessive stiluksettasi stiluksittasi instructive — — comitative — stiluksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative stiluksemme stiluksemme accusative nom. stiluksemme stiluksemme gen. stiluksemme genitive stiluksemme stilustemme stiluksiemme partitive stilustamme stiluksiamme inessive stiluksessamme stiluksissamme elative stiluksestamme stiluksistamme illative stilukseemme stiluksiimme adessive stiluksellamme stiluksillamme ablative stilukseltamme stiluksiltamme allative stiluksellemme stiluksillemme essive stiluksenamme stiluksinamme translative stilukseksemme stiluksiksemme abessive stiluksettamme stiluksittamme instructive — — comitative — stiluksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative stiluksenne stiluksenne accusative nom. stiluksenne stiluksenne gen. stiluksenne genitive stiluksenne stilustenne stiluksienne partitive stilustanne stiluksianne inessive stiluksessanne stiluksissanne elative stiluksestanne stiluksistanne illative stilukseenne stiluksiinne adessive stiluksellanne stiluksillanne ablative stilukseltanne stiluksiltanne allative stiluksellenne stiluksillenne essive stiluksenanne stiluksinanne translative stilukseksenne stiluksiksenne abessive stiluksettanne stiluksittanne instructive — — comitative — stiluksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative stiluksensa stiluksensa accusative nom. stiluksensa stiluksensa gen. stiluksensa genitive stiluksensa stilustensa stiluksiensa partitive stilustaan stilustansa stiluksiaan stiluksiansa inessive stiluksessaan stiluksessansa stiluksissaan stiluksissansa elative stiluksestaan stiluksestansa stiluksistaan stiluksistansa illative stilukseensa stiluksiinsa adessive stiluksellaan stiluksellansa stiluksillaan stiluksillansa ablative stilukseltaan stilukseltansa stiluksiltaan stiluksiltansa allative stilukselleen stiluksellensa stiluksilleen stiluksillensa essive stiluksenaan stiluksenansa stiluksinaan stiluksinansa translative stiluksekseen stilukseksensa stiluksikseen stiluksiksensa abessive stiluksettaan stiluksettansa stiluksittaan stiluksittansa instructive — — comitative — stiluksineen stiluksinensa

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstilʊs]
• Hyphenation: sti‧lus

Noun

stilus (plural stilus-stilus)

1. stylus:
   1. (historical) an ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
   2. (computing) a small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
2. (botany) style: The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

   Synonym: stil (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “stilus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• stylus (misspelling)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Italic *stiglos (which stimulus and stiva may also be related to), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”) +‎ *-lós. In this case, related to instīgō (“to urge, stimulate, stir up”), Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”), Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stígma, “mark, spot”), Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, stab”). An alternative derivation relates the word to Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 (staēra, “mountaintop”).

Not related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar; wooden pole”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lus/, [ˈst̪iːlus]

Noun

stilus m (genitive stilī); second declension

1. (in general) a stake, pale, spike

   Synonyms: pālus, sudis, tālea, vallus

   • c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 23.4.5:

     ab hac medietate restium ligneus stilus exsurgens obliquus

     From the middle of these ropes a wooden arm rises obliquely

   1. (agriculture) a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly
      • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 11.3.53:

         […]; deinde eas confecto aequinoctio paululo infra terram secare et ligneo stilo laxatis vel rubi vel ferulae medullis stercus inmittere atque ita semina cucumeris inserere, […]

   2. (botany) a stem, stalk
      • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 5.10.13:

        Omnis autem nux unam radicem mittit, et simplici stilo prorepit.

2. (in particular) a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tablets
   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.1.27:

     cum vero iam ductus sequi coeperit, non inutile erit eas tabellae quam optime insculpi, ut per illos velut sulcos ducatur stilus.

     As soon as the child has begun to know the shapes of the various letters, it will be no bad thing to have them cut as accurately as possible upon a board, so that the pen may be guided along the grooves.

   1. (transferred sense):
      1. an act of setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; a manner of writing, mode of composition

         Synonyms: scriptiō, scriptūra

         • 61 CE – c. 112 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 7.27.9:

           Hic contra ut paulum exspectaret manu significat rursusque ceris et stilo incumbit.

      2. a style in speaking, manner of speaking, mode of expression
         • 1826, Stanislas Julien, Meng Tseu vel Mencius‎^[1], page 46:

           Ejus stylus, tunc historicus.

           Its [sc. The Spring and Autumn Annals'] style is historical.

      3. a decision, verdict, opinion

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	stilus	stilī
genitive	stilī	stilōrum
dative	stilō	stilīs
accusative	stilum	stilōs
ablative	stilō	stilīs
vocative	stile	stilī

Derived terms

• stilō (verb)

Descendants

Descendants

• →? Albanian: shtyllë
• >? Aromanian: stur
• → Catalan: estil (learned)
• → English: stylus (learned)
• Old French: estile, estil, estille, setille, stile
  • → Middle Dutch: stijl
    • Dutch: stijl
  • → Middle English: stile
    • English: style, stile (obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: style
  • Middle French: stile, stille, style
    • French: style, stile (obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
• → Finnish: stilus (learned)
• Friulian: stîl
• → Galician: estilo (learned)
• → German: Stil, Styl, Stylus (learned)
  • → Lower Sorbian: stil
• → Old High German: stil (learned)
  • Middle High German: stil
    • German: Stiel
• → Middle Low German: stilus (learned)
• → Irish: stíl, stíleas (learned)
• → Hungarian: stílus (learned)
• → Indonesian: stilus (learned)
• Italian: stelo; → stilo (learned)
• → Old Norse: stíll (learned)
  • Danish: stil (partly)
  • Icelandic: stíll (partly)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stil (partly)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stil (partly)
  • Swedish: stil (partly)
• → Piedmontese: stil
• → Portuguese: estilo (learned)
• >? Old Galician-Portuguese: esteo (or from Old French estai)
  • Galician: esteo
  • Portuguese: esteio
• → Romanian: stil; →? stur
• → Spanish: estilo (learned)
  • → Tagalog: estilo, istilo
• Old Spanish: estelo
• → Welsh: stil, ystîl

Notes

Further reading

• “stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stilus 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)
• stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stilus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin