scorpaena
See also: Scorpaena
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα (skórpaina), derived from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skorˈpae̯.na/, [s̠kɔrˈpäe̯nä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skorˈpe.na/, [skorˈpɛːnä]
Noun edit
scorpaena f (genitive scorpaenae); first declension
- A scorpionfish.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scorpaena | scorpaenae |
Genitive | scorpaenae | scorpaenārum |
Dative | scorpaenae | scorpaenīs |
Accusative | scorpaenam | scorpaenās |
Ablative | scorpaenā | scorpaenīs |
Vocative | scorpaena | scorpaenae |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: escórpora
- → French: scorpène
- Italian: scorfano, → scorpena
- Ligurian: scórpena
- Spanish: escorpina
- → Translingual: Scorpaena
References edit
- “scorpaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scorpaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.