scorpaena

See also: Scorpaena

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα (skórpaina), derived from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skorˈpae̯.na/, [s̠kɔrˈpäe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skorˈpe.na/, [skorˈpɛːnä]

Noun

scorpaena f (genitive scorpaenae); first declension

1. A scorpionfish.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scorpaena	scorpaenae
Genitive	scorpaenae	scorpaenārum
Dative	scorpaenae	scorpaenīs
Accusative	scorpaenam	scorpaenās
Ablative	scorpaenā	scorpaenīs
Vocative	scorpaena	scorpaenae

Descendants

• Catalan: escórpora
• → French: scorpène
  • → English: scorpene
    • English: sculpin
• Italian: scorfano, → scorpena
• Ligurian: scórpena
• Spanish: escorpina
• → Translingual: Scorpaena

References

• “scorpaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scorpaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.