stylites

See also: Stylites

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstʌɪlʌɪts/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstaɪlaɪts/

Noun

stylites

  1. plural of stylite

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek στῡλῑ́της (stūlī́tēs, “pillar-dweller”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /styːˈliː.teːs/, [s̠t̪yːˈlʲiːt̪eːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stiˈli.tes/, [st̪iˈliːt̪es]

Noun

stȳlītēs m (genitive stȳlītae); first declension

  1. stylite (Christian ascetic cloistered atop a pillar)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stȳlītēs stȳlītae
Genitive stȳlītae stȳlītārum
Dative stȳlītae stȳlītīs
Accusative stȳlītēn stȳlītās
Ablative stȳlītē stȳlītīs
Vocative stȳlītē stȳlītae

Descendants
  • English: Stylites
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