proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Scytalismus
Scytalismus m sg (genitive Scytalismī)
Meaning
- historicalmasculinesingularScytalismus (clubbing of wealthy Argives in 370 BC)
De Scytalismo Argis exorto, in quo Argivi e suis mille quingentos interfecerant, certiores facti piaculum circum ecclesiant ferre jusserunt.
When the Scytalismus broke out in Argos, in which the Argives killed fifteen hundred of their own people, they became aware of it and ordered the assembly to carry out atonement around the city.1681, Johannes Lomeier, De Veterum Gentilium Lustrationibus Syntagma, page 264:Argivorum Scytalismus. 22.
The Scytalismus of the Argives. 22.1719, Johann Albert Fabricius, “Bibliothecae Graece”, in Censurae Subjecti, volume IX, page 505:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Scytalismus | — |
| genitive | Scytalismī | — |
| dative | Scytalismō | — |
| accusative | Scytalismum | — |
| ablative | Scytalismō | — |
| vocative | Scytalisme | — |
Origins
From Ancient Greek σκυταλισμός (skutalismós, “clubbing”), from σκυτάλη (skutálē) or σκύταλον (skútalon, “club”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).
Descendants
- EnglishScytalism
- EnglishScytalismus
- Italianscitalismo