scalpellum
English
Etymology
Noun
scalpellum (plural scalpella)
- (zoology) One of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects.
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of scalprum.
Noun
scalpellum n (genitive scalpellī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scalpellum | scalpella |
| Genitive | scalpellī | scalpellōrum |
| Dative | scalpellō | scalpellīs |
| Accusative | scalpellum | scalpella |
| Ablative | scalpellō | scalpellīs |
| Vocative | scalpellum | scalpella |
Descendants
References
- “scalpellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scalpellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scalpellum 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)
- scalpellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “scalpellum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “scalpellum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin