# stylus
## English
### Alternative forms

* stilus

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstaɪ.ləs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪləs

### Noun

stylus (plural styli or styluses)
* (writing) 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.
** 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review”, in The Telegraph‎:[T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
** A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
** (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
* A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
* A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
    Synonym: needle
** A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
* A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
* (botany) Synonym of style.

#### Derived terms

* stylo-, styl-

#### Translations

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### See also

* light pen, lightpen

### References

* “stylus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “stylus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstɪlus]

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### Noun

stylus m inan
* (historical) stylus (instrument for writing on wax tablets)
    Alternative form: stilus
* (botany) pedicel

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “stylus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “stylus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “stylus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stylus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsti.lʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sty‧lus

### Noun

stylus m (plural stylussen)
* stylus (sharp pen used for writing on clay tablets or wax tablets)
* stylus (plastic stick used for interacting with touch-screen devices)

#### Related terms

* stylo

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

stylus m (genitive stylī); second declension
* (proscribed) Alternative form of stilus

#### Inflection

Second-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → English: style, stylus

### References

* “stylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “stylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “stilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* stylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. stilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* stylus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “stylus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “stilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɘ.lus/
* Rhymes: -ɘlus
* Syllabification: sty‧lus

### Noun

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

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “stylus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

### Further reading

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