Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend). Cognate with Latin scortum (skin, hide), cortex (bark), scrūpus (sharp stone).

Noun edit

scrobis m (genitive scrobis); third declension

  1. ditch, trench
    Synonym: fossa
  2. grave

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scrobis scrobēs
Genitive scrobis scrobium
Dative scrobī scrobibus
Accusative scrobem scrobēs
scrobīs
Ablative scrobe scrobibus
Vocative scrobis scrobēs

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: scrob
  • Romanian: scorbură

References edit

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