scrofulae
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See also: scrofulæ
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]scrofulae
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from scrōfa (“sow, female pig”), as a semantic calque of Ancient Greek χοιράδες (khoirádes), derived from χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”), because the scars associated with the pathology were deemed reminiscent of a pathology found in pigs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskroː.fu.lae̯/, [ˈs̠kroːfʊɫ̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskro.fu.le/, [ˈskrɔːfule]
Noun
[edit]scrōfulae f pl (genitive scrōfulārum); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | scrōfulae |
Genitive | scrōfulārum |
Dative | scrōfulīs |
Accusative | scrōfulās |
Ablative | scrōfulīs |
Vocative | scrōfulae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “scrofulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrofulae 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)
- scrofulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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