sceletus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).

Pronunciation

Noun

sceletus m (genitive sceletī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) a skeleton

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sceletus sceletī
Genitive sceletī sceletōrum
Dative sceletō sceletīs
Accusative sceletum sceletōs
Ablative sceletō sceletīs
Vocative scelete sceletī

Descendants
  • → English: (obsolete) scelet, skelet (learned)
  • → German: Skelett (learned)
  • → Italian: scheletro (learned)
  • → Middle French: scelette (learned)
  • → Portuguese: esqueleto (learned)
  • → Spanish: esqueleto (learned)

References
  • “sceletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sceletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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