• IPA^(key):/ˈstaɪ.ləs/
• Rhymes:-aɪləs

stilus (pluralstili)

1. Alternative spelling ofstylus.

• sluits

FromLatinstilus.Doublet ofstaili andtyyli.

• IPA^(key):/ˈstilus/,[ˈs̠tilus̠]
• Rhymes:-ilus
• Syllabification^(key):sti‧lus
• Hyphenation^(key):sti‧lus

stilus

1. stylus(sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets)

Learned borrowing fromLatinstilus, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-(“to be sharp; to sting”).

• IPA^(key):[ˈstilʊs]
• Hyphenation:sti‧lus

stilus (pluralstilus-stilus)

1. stylus:
   1. (historical) an ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them
   2. (computing) a small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen
2. (botany)style: The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower

   Synonym:stil(Standard Malay)

• “stilus” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• stylus(misspelling)

Probably fromProto-Italic*stiglos (whichstimulus andstiva may also be related to), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-(“to be sharp; to sting”) +‎*-lós. In this case, related toinstīgō(“to urge, stimulate, stir up”),Ancient Greekστῐ́ζω(stĭ́zō,“to mark with a pointed instrument”),Ancient Greekστῐ́γμᾰ(stĭ́gmă,“mark, spot”),Proto-Germanic*stikaną(“to stick, stab”).^[1] An alternative derivation relates the word toAvestan𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀(staēra,“mountaintop”).^[2]

Not related toAncient Greekστῦλος(stûlos,“pillar; wooden pole”).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈsti.lus/,[ˈst̪ɪɫ̪ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈsti.lus/,[ˈst̪iːlus]

stilus m (genitivestilī);second declension

1. (in general) astake,pale,spike

   Synonyms:pālus,sudis,tālea,vallus

   • 380CE – 392CE,Ammianus Marcellinus,Res Gestae23.4.5:

     ab hac medietate restium ligneusstilus exsurgens obliquus

     From the middle of these ropes a woodenarm rises obliquely

   1. (agriculture) apointedinstrument for freeingplants fromworms or fromshoots which grow toorankly
      • 4CE –c. 70CE,Columella,De Re Rustica11.3.53:

         […]; deinde eas confecto aequinoctio paululo infra terram secare et ligneostilo laxatis vel rubi vel ferulae medullis stercus inmittere atque ita semina cucumeris inserere,[…]

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   2. (botany) astem,stalk
      • 4CE –c. 70CE,Columella,De Re Rustica5.10.13:

        Omnis autem nux unam radicem mittit, et simplicistilo prorepit.

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2. (in particular) astylus orpencil used forwriting onwaxentablets
   • c. 35CE – 100CE,Quintilian,Institutio Oratoria 1.1.27:

     cum vero iam ductus sequi coeperit, non inutile erit eas tabellae quam optime insculpi, ut per illos velut sulcos ducaturstilus.

     As soon as the child has begun to know the shapes of the various letters, it will be no bad thing to have them cut as accurately as possible upon a board, so that thepen may be guided along the grooves.

   1. (transferred sense):
      1. anact ofsetting down inwriting,composing,composition; thepractice ofcomposing; amanner of writing,mode of composition

         Synonyms:scriptiō,scriptūra

         • 61CE –c. 112CE,Pliny the Younger,Epistulae7.27.9:

           Hic contra ut paulum exspectaret manu significat rursusque ceris etstilo incumbit.

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      2. astyle inspeaking,manner ofspeaking,mode ofexpression
         • 1826,Stanislas Julien,Meng Tseu vel Mencius‎^[1], page46:

           Ejusstylus, tunc historicus.

           Its [sc.The Spring and Autumn Annals']style is historical.

      3. adecision,verdict,opinion

Second-declension noun.

• stilō(verb)

• “stilus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stilus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "stilus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• stilus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stilus”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “stilus”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin