stylus

English

Etymology

From Latin stylus, alternative spelling of stilus. Unrelated to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈstaɪl.əs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪləs

Noun

stylus (plural styli or styluses)

  1. A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.
    • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, page R28:
      [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
  2. A phonograph needle.
  3. A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch-sensitive screen of an electronic device.
  4. A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
  5. (botany) Synonym of style

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Czech

Stylusy

Noun

stylus m

  1. stylus (small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget)

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsty.lus/, [ˈstʏ.ɫʊs]

Noun

stylus m (genitive stylī); second declension

  1. (proscribed) Alternative form of stilus

References

  • stylus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    stilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • stylus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    stilus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
    stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • stylus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • stylus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    stilus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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