scrobis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Latin scortum (“skin, hide”), cortex (“bark”), scrūpus (“sharp stone”).

Noun

scrobis m or f (genitive scrobis); third declension

1. ditch, trench

   Synonym: fossa

2. grave

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	scrobis	scrobēs
genitive	scrobis	scrobium
dative	scrobī	scrobibus
accusative	scrobem	scrobēs scrobīs
ablative	scrobe	scrobibus
vocative	scrobis	scrobēs

Descendants

• Aromanian: scrob
• Romanian: scorbură
• → English: scrobe

References

• “scrobis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scrobis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scrobis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.