scitus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskiː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː.tus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sciō (“to know”).

Participle

scītus (feminine scīta, neuter scītum); first/second-declension participle

1. learnt; ascertained; known; having been ascertained

Declension

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

• īnscītus
• scītulus

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of scīscō (“to inquire; approve, appoint; learn”)

Participle

scītus (feminine scīta, neuter scītum, adverb scītē); first/second-declension participle

1. searched, questioned, inquired, having been searched
2. approved, appointed, enacted, decreed, having been appointed
3. (middle voice) showing knowledge, knowing, wise, shrewd, experienced, skilful
4. (middle voice) fit, suitable, proper, sensible
5. (middle voice) (figuratively) beautiful, elegant, fine, attractive

Usage notes

• Sometimes the middle voice meanings take objects in the genitive case or object clauses.

Declension

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

Noun

scītus m (genitive scītūs); fourth declension

1. (law) statute; ordinance; decree; edict (a law passed by a governing body)

   Synonyms: scītum, praeceptum, iussus, ēdictum, ēdictiō, nūntius, dēcrētum, dēcrētiō, mandātum, imperium

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scītus	scītūs
genitive	scītūs	scītuum
dative	scītuī	scītibus
accusative	scītum	scītūs
ablative	scītū	scītibus
vocative	scītus	scītūs

Related terms

• sciō
• scīscō
• scītāmenta
• scītātiō
• scītē
• scītor
• scītulus
• scītum

References

• “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.