scacci

Italian

Verb

scacci

1. second-person singular present indicative of scacciare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of scacciare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of scacciare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of scacciare
5. third-person singular imperative of scacciare

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Latin

Alternative forms

• scacchī
• scācī
• scāchī

Etymology

From Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Persian شاه (šāh, “shah”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskak.kiː/, [ˈs̠käkːiː]

Noun

scaccī m pl (genitive scaccōrum); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) chess

Notes

• In the Classical pronunciation, scacci is consonantially identical to the modern Italian-language designation for chess scacchi, but this is not so in Ecclesiastical. Ecclesiastical or Italianate Latin is thus more likely to use the alternative form scacchi, which forces [k] before [i].

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	scaccī
Genitive	scaccōrum
Dative	scaccīs
Accusative	scaccōs
Ablative	scaccīs
Vocative	scaccī

Synonyms

• lūdus scaccōrum

References

• scacci 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)