Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek σκαλμός (skalmós, pin, thole).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

scalmus m (genitive scalmī); second declension

  1. thole, oarlock

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scalmus scalmī
Genitive scalmī scalmōrum
Dative scalmō scalmīs
Accusative scalmum scalmōs
Ablative scalmō scalmīs
Vocative scalme scalmī

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: escàlem
  • Italian: scalmo, scarmo
  • Occitan: escaume

References edit

  • scalmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scalmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scalmus 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)
  • scalmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scalmus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers