scientiola
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, present active participle of sciō (“I know, understand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ski.ɛnˈti.ɔ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ʃi.enˈt̪͡s̪iː.o.la]
Noun
scientiola f (genitive scientiolae); first declension
- A little knowledge, smattering.
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | scientiola | scientiolae |
genitive | scientiolae | scientiolārum |
dative | scientiolae | scientiolīs |
accusative | scientiolam | scientiolās |
ablative | scientiolā | scientiolīs |
vocative | scientiola | scientiolae |
Related terms
References
- “scientiola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scientiola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.