scrofa
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
scrofa f (plural scrofe)
Usage notes
- Sometimes used pejoratively of a woman
Latin
Etymology
Originally "digger, rooter," from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskroː.fa/, [ˈs̠kroːfä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskro.fa/, [ˈskrɔːfä]
Noun
scrōfa f (genitive scrōfae); first declension
- sow (female pig, especially one used for breeding)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scrōfa | scrōfae |
Genitive | scrōfae | scrōfārum |
Dative | scrōfae | scrōfīs |
Accusative | scrōfam | scrōfās |
Ablative | scrōfā | scrōfīs |
Vocative | scrōfa | scrōfae |
Synonyms
- (sow): porca
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “scrofa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scrofa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scrofa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- scrofa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “scrofa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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