stylus

From Latin stylus, alternative spelling of stilus. Unrelated to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪl.əs/
• Rhymes: -aɪləs

stylus (plural styli or styluses)

1. A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.

   Synonym: style

   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, page R28:

     [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.

2. A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
3. A phonograph needle.
4. (botany) Synonym of style
5. (computing) A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch-sensitive screen of an electronic device.

• stylograph
• stylophone

• light pen, lightpen

stylus m

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

Borrowed from Latin stylus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsti.lʏs/
• Hyphenation: sty‧lus

stylus m (plural stylussen)

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) IPA^(key): /ˈsty.lus/, [ˈstʏ.ɫʊs]

stylus m (genitive stylī); second declension

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of stilus

Second-declension noun.

• 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, 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