scrapta
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). See also Latin corium, scortum, Proto-Germanic *skeraną (whence English shear), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”).
Noun edit
scrapta f (genitive scraptae); first declension
- An epithet of a prostitute
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scrapta | scraptae |
| Genitive | scraptae | scraptārum |
| Dative | scraptae | scraptīs |
| Accusative | scraptam | scraptās |
| Ablative | scraptā | scraptīs |
| Vocative | scrapta | scraptae |
References edit
- “scrapta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrapta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.