scobis

Latin

Etymology

From scabō (“scratch, scrape”).

Noun

scobis f (genitive scobis); third declension

1. sawdust, wood chips

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scobis	scobēs
Genitive	scobis	scobium
Dative	scobī	scobibus
Accusative	scobem	scobēs scobīs
Ablative	scobe	scobibus
Vocative	scobis	scobēs

Synonyms

• (sawdust): lānūgō (transferred sense)

References

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