scandula

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *sked- (to split, scatter), from *sek- (to cut).

Noun

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scandula f (genitive scandulae); first declension

  1. roof-shingle
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scandula scandulae
Genitive scandulae scandulārum
Dative scandulae scandulīs
Accusative scandulam scandulās
Ablative scandulā scandulīs
Vocative scandula scandulae
Descendants
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See also scindula.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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scandula f (genitive scandulae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) Alternative form of sandala (type of grain)
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References

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Further reading

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  • scandula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scandula 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)
  • scandula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scandula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers