scelo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scelus, from Proto-Indo-European *skélos, derived from the root *(s)kel- (“bent, crooked”). Cognate with Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): */ˈʃɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: scè‧lo

Noun

scelo m (plural sceli)

  1. (literary, obsolete, rare) misdeed, evil deed
    Synonym: misfatto

Further reading
  • scelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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