scalpellum

English

Etymology

From Latin scalpellum.

Noun

scalpellum (plural scalpella)

1. (zoology) One of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects.

Latin

Etymology

From scalprum +‎ -lum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

scalpellum n (genitive scalpellī); second declension

1. scalpel, lancet
2. grafting knife

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scalpellum	scalpella
Genitive	scalpellī	scalpellōrum
Dative	scalpellō	scalpellīs
Accusative	scalpellum	scalpella
Ablative	scalpellō	scalpellīs
Vocative	scalpellum	scalpella

Descendants

• Asturian: escalpelu
• Catalan: escalpel
• Dalmatian: scarpel
• English: scalpel
• German: Skalpell
• Italian: scalpello, scarpello
• Portuguese: escalpelo
• Russian: скальпель (skalʹpelʹ)
• Sicilian: scarpeḍḍu
• Spanish: escalpelo, escarpelo

References

• “scalpellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scalpellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scalpellum 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)
• scalpellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “scalpellum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scalpellum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin