scaphium
See also: Scaphium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin scaphium, from Ancient Greek σκάφιον (skáphion).
Noun edit
scaphium (plural scaphia)
- (botany) The carina or keel of papilionaceous flowers.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκάφιον (skáphion), deminutive of σκάφη (skáphē, “bowl; skiff”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈska.pʰi.um/, [ˈs̠käpʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈska.fi.um/, [ˈskäːfium]
Noun edit
scaphium n (genitive scaphiī or scaphī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scaphium | scaphia |
| Genitive | scaphiī scaphī1 |
scaphiōrum |
| Dative | scaphiō | scaphiīs |
| Accusative | scaphium | scaphia |
| Ablative | scaphiō | scaphiīs |
| Vocative | scaphium | scaphia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Scaphium
References edit
- “scaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scaphium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- scaphium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “scaphium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin