sciolus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of scius (“knowing”) found in Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈski.ɔ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː.o.lus]

Noun

sciolus m (genitive sciolī, feminine sciola); second declension

1. sciolist, smatterer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sciolus	sciolī
genitive	sciolī	sciolōrum
dative	sciolō	sciolīs
accusative	sciolum	sciolōs
ablative	sciolō	sciolīs
vocative	sciole	sciolī

Descendants

• →⇒ English: sciolist (learned)

Further reading

• “sciolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sciolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sciolus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎