escariola

Latin

Alternative forms

• iscariola, scariola (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Diminutive, ēscāria +‎ -ola, from ēscārius (“edible”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːs.kaːˈri.o.la/, [eːs̠käːˈriɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es.kaˈri.o.la/, [eskäˈriːolä]

Noun

ēscāriola f (genitive ēscāriolae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) endive
   • 200–400 Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana Leidensia Book 2 sect. Περὶ λαχάνων De oleribus = Corpus glossariorum latinorum III p. 16 l. 37

     τρώξιμα escariolae (var. θρώξιμα escariole)

     [Greek] τρώξιμα [is in Latin] escariolae

   • 800–1000 Codex cassinensis 402 in Corpus glossariorum latinorum V p. 552

     Intiua cicorea herba cuius radices multe et tenues sunt ambiunt segetes et necant […] Intiba quę vulgo scariola vocatur

     The endive is cichory the roots of which are many and tender and go around what is sown and kill it. […] Endive which is popularly called scariola

   Synonym: ēscāria

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēscāriola	ēscāriolae
Genitive	ēscāriolae	ēscāriolārum
Dative	ēscāriolae	ēscāriolīs
Accusative	ēscāriolam	ēscāriolās
Ablative	ēscāriolā	ēscāriolīs
Vocative	ēscāriola	ēscāriolae

Descendants

• Italian: scarola, scariola
  • → Catalan: escarola
  • → French: scarole, escarole
    • → English: escarole
    • → German: Escarol, Eskarol, Escariol, Eskariol
  • → Occitan: escarola
  • → Portuguese: escarola, escariola
  • → Spanish: escarola, escariola

References

• Bertoldi, Vittorio (1940) “Esigenze linguistiche del mercato”, in Vox Romanica‎^[1] (in Italian), volume 5, →DOI, page 92
• Fischer-Benzon, Rudolf von (1894) Altdeutsche Gartenflora (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 105
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “escariola”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 223 Nr. 2914
• “escāriola” in volume 5, part 2, column 856, in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present