Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch).

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Verb edit

scabō (present infinitive scabere, perfect active scābī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (transitive) to scratch, scrape, abrade

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of scabō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scabō scabis scabit scabimus scabitis scabunt
imperfect scabēbam scabēbās scabēbat scabēbāmus scabēbātis scabēbant
future scabam scabēs scabet scabēmus scabētis scabent
perfect scābī scābistī scābit scābimus scābistis scābērunt,
scābēre
pluperfect scāberam scāberās scāberat scāberāmus scāberātis scāberant
future perfect scāberō scāberis scāberit scāberimus scāberitis scāberint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scabam scabās scabat scabāmus scabātis scabant
imperfect scaberem scaberēs scaberet scaberēmus scaberētis scaberent
perfect scāberim scāberīs scāberit scāberīmus scāberītis scāberint
pluperfect scābissem scābissēs scābisset scābissēmus scābissētis scābissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scabe scabite
future scabitō scabitō scabitōte scabuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives scabere scābisse
participles scabēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
scabendī scabendō scabendum scabendō

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References edit

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