scorpitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• scorpītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκορπῖτις (skorpîtis), from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skorˈpiː.tis/, [s̠kɔrˈpiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skorˈpi.tis/, [skorˈpiːt̪is]

Noun

scorpītis f (genitive scorpītidis); third declension

1. A kind of gem resembling a scorpion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scorpītis	scorpītidēs
Genitive	scorpītidis	scorpītidum
Dative	scorpītidī	scorpītidibus
Accusative	scorpītidem	scorpītidēs
Ablative	scorpītide	scorpītidibus
Vocative	scorpītis	scorpītidēs

References

• “scorpitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scorpitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.