scaphium

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin scaphium, from Ancient Greek σκάφιον (skáphion).

Noun

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scaphium (plural scaphia)

  1. (botany) The carina or keel of papilionaceous flowers.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκάφιον (skáphion), deminutive of σκάφη (skáphē, bowl; skiff).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scaphium n (genitive scaphiī or scaphī); second declension

  1. pot, bowl etc in the form of a boat

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scaphium scaphia
Genitive scaphiī
scaphī1
scaphiōrum
Dative scaphiō scaphiīs
Accusative scaphium scaphia
Ablative scaphiō scaphiīs
Vocative scaphium scaphia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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References

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  • scaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scaphium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • scaphium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scaphium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin