scepter

English

Noun

scepter (plural scepters)

1. American and archaic form of sceptre.
   • 1596, [attributed to William Shakespeare; Thomas Kyd], The Raigne of King Edward the Third: […], London: […] [T. Scarlet] for Cuthbert Burby, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide,
     Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,

Verb

scepter (third-person singular simple present scepters, present participle sceptering, simple past and past participle sceptered)

1. American form of sceptre.

Derived terms

• scepterellate

Anagrams

• Sceptre, recepts, respect, sceptre, specter, spectre

Danish

Etymology

From Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron).

Noun

scepter n (singular definite scepteret or sceptret, plural indefinite sceptre)

1. sceptre

   Synonym: (dated) spir

Declension

Declension of scepter

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	scepter	scepteret sceptret	sceptre	sceptrene
genitive	scepters	scepterets sceptrets	sceptres	sceptrenes

Derived terms

• kongescepter

References

• “scepter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

scepter m (plural scepters, diminutive sceptertje n)

1. sceptre