scrupeda
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.pe.da/, [ˈs̠kruːpɛd̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskru.pe.da/, [ˈskruːped̪ä]
Noun edit
scrūpeda f (genitive scrūpedae); first declension
- hobbling, shambling
- 120 CE – 180 CE, Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.3.6:
- Favorinus quoque noster, cum Nervulariam Plauti legerem, quae inter incertas habita est, et audisset ex ea comoedia versum hunc: scrattae, scrupedae, strittivillae sordidae, delectatus faceta verborum antiquitate meretricum vitia atque deformitates significantium: "vel unus hercle" inquit "hic versus Plauti esse hanc fabulam satis potest fidei fecisse".
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scrūpeda | scrūpedae |
| Genitive | scrūpedae | scrūpedārum |
| Dative | scrūpedae | scrūpedīs |
| Accusative | scrūpedam | scrūpedās |
| Ablative | scrūpedā | scrūpedīs |
| Vocative | scrūpeda | scrūpedae |
References edit
- “scrupeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrupeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.