scirpea

Latin

Etymology

Derived from scirpus (“rush, bullrush”).

Noun

scirpea f (genitive scirpeae); first declension

1. large basket made of bullrushes

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scirpea	scirpeae
Genitive	scirpeae	scirpeārum
Dative	scirpeae	scirpeīs
Accusative	scirpeam	scirpeās
Ablative	scirpeā	scirpeīs
Vocative	scirpea	scirpeae

Related terms

• scirpeus

References

• “scirpea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scirpea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scirpea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin