scortea

Latin

Etymology

From scorteus (“made of skin, leather, hides”), from scortum.

Noun

scortea f (genitive scorteae); first declension

1. a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak
2. a leather bag or purse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scortea	scorteae
Genitive	scorteae	scorteārum
Dative	scorteae	scorteīs
Accusative	scorteam	scorteās
Ablative	scorteā	scorteīs
Vocative	scortea	scorteae

Related terms

• scorteus
• scortum

Descendants

• Albanian: shkorsë
• Aromanian: shcoarci
• Catalan: escorça
• Old French: escorce
  • French: écorce
  • Norman: êcorche (Jersey)
• Friulian: scuarce

• Italian: scorza
• Occitan: escòrça
• Romanian: scoarță
• Romansch: scorsa
• Sicilian: scorcia

References

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