scopilia

Latin

Etymology

Likely formed by analogy with quisquilia from scōpa(e) (“broom”). Attested in the plural in 8th-century glosses.

Noun

scōpīlia f (genitive scōpīliae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. sweepings, refuse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scōpīlia	scōpīliae
Genitive	scōpīliae	scōpīliārum
Dative	scōpīliae	scōpīliīs
Accusative	scōpīliam	scōpīliās
Ablative	scōpīliā	scōpīliīs
Vocative	scōpīlia	scōpīliae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scoviglia (obsolete)
  • Neapolitan: scupiglia, scopiglia
  • Sicilian: scupigghia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: équeveilles, écovellies, écovlyë
  • Old French: esquevilles (Old Franc-Comtois)
    • Bourguignon: équeville
    • Champenois: egveilles
    • Franc-Comtois: équevilles, âguevilles
  • Occitan: escobilha
    • →? Ibero-Romance: (in the sense of “refuse from goldsmiths”)
      • Portuguese: escovilha
      • Spanish: escobilla

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “scōpīlia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 582