scortum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Compare scrōtum, scrautum, scrūta. See also corium, Proto-Germanic *skeraną (whence English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʿerem, “to scrape, scratch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskor.tum/, [ˈs̠kɔrt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskor.tum/, [ˈskɔrt̪um]
Noun[edit]
scortum n (genitive scortī); second declension
- a skin, hide
- a harlot, prostitute
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | scortum | scorta |
Genitive | scortī | scortōrum |
Dative | scortō | scortīs |
Accusative | scortum | scorta |
Ablative | scortō | scortīs |
Vocative | scortum | scorta |
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References[edit]
- “scortum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scortum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scortum 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)
- scortum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette