scientiola

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, present active participle of sciō (“I know, understand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

scientiola f (genitive scientiolae); first declension

  1. A little knowledge, smattering.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scientiola scientiolae
Genitive scientiolae scientiolārum
Dative scientiolae scientiolīs
Accusative scientiolam scientiolās
Ablative scientiolā scientiolīs
Vocative scientiola scientiolae

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.
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