scrofa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scrōfa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskrɔ.fa/
• Rhymes: -ɔfa
• Hyphenation: scrò‧fa

Noun

scrofa f (plural scrofe)

1. sow (female pig)

   Synonyms: (rare) maiala, porca, troia

2. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) a bitch, a whore

Usage notes

• Sometimes used pejoratively of a woman

Latin

Etymology

A non-Roman dialect form, originally "digger, rooter," from Proto-Indo-European *skrobʰ-h₂-, from *skrebʰ- (“to scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskroː.fa/, [ˈs̠kroːfä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskro.fa/, [ˈskrɔːfä]

Noun

scrōfa f (genitive scrōfae); first declension

1. sow (female pig, especially one used for breeding)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scrōfa	scrōfae
Genitive	scrōfae	scrōfārum
Dative	scrōfae	scrōfīs
Accusative	scrōfam	scrōfās
Ablative	scrōfā	scrōfīs
Vocative	scrōfa	scrōfae

Synonyms

• (sow): porca

Derived terms

• scrōfīnus
• scrōfipascus

Descendants

(Inherited)

• Friulian: scrove
• Venetian: scroa
• French: écrou
• Romanian: scroafă
• Italian: scrofa
• Occitan: escrova

(Borrowed)

• Galician: escrófula
• Portuguese: escrófula
• Sicilian: scrofa

References

• “scrofa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scrofa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scrofa 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)
• scrofa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “scrofa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray