• stilus

Borrowed fromLatinstylus(“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related toAncient Greekστῦλος(stûlos,“a pillar”).Doublet ofstyle.

• IPA^(key):/ˈstaɪ.ləs/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-aɪləs

stylus (pluralstyliorstyluses)

1. (writing) Anancientwritingimplement consisting of a smallrod with apointed end forscratching letters onclay,wax-coveredtablets or other surfaces, and ablunt end forobliterating them.
   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review”, inThe Telegraph‎^[1]:

     [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with astylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.

   1. A smallimplement with apointed end used forengraving andtracing.
   2. (computing) A smalldevice resembling apen used toinputhandwritten text or drawings directly into anelectronic device with atouch-sensitive screen.
2. A hard-pointedpen-shapedinstrument for marking onstencils used in amimeograph machine.
3. A hardpoint, typically ofdiamond orsapphire, following agroove in aphonograph andtransmitting therecorded sound forreproduction.

   Synonym:needle

   1. Apointeddevice formerly used to produce agroove in arecord whenrecording sound.
4. Atool for making smalldots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produceBraille writing for theblindby hand.
5. (botany)Synonym ofstyle.

• stylo-,styl-

• light pen,lightpen

• “stylus”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
• “stylus”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• IPA^(key):[ˈstɪlus]

stylus m inan

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

stylus m inan

1. (historical)stylus(instrument for writing on wax tablets)

   Alternative form:stilus

2. (botany)pedicel

• “stylus”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
• “stylus”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
• “stylus”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

Borrowed fromLatinstylus.

• IPA^(key):/ˈsti.lʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:sty‧lus

stylus m (pluralstylussen)

1. stylus(sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets)
2. stylus(plastic stick used for interacting with touch-screen devices)

• stylo

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

stylus m (genitivestylī);second declension

1. (proscribed)Alternative form ofstilus

Second-declension noun.

• → English:style,stylus

• “stylus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  “stilus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stylus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  “stilus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stylus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  stilus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "stylus", 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)
• “stylus”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  “stilus”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekστῦλος(stûlos).^[1]

• IPA^(key):/ˈstɘ.lus/
• Rhymes:-ɘlus
• Syllabification:sty‧lus

stylus m inan

1. (historical)stylus(ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay)

• stylus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “stylus”, inSłownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• stylus in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego