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Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *sked- (“to split, scatter”), from *sek- (“to cut”).
Noun
scandula f (genitive scandulae); first declension
- roof-shingle
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
See also scindula.
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
Etymology 2
Noun
scandula f (genitive scandulae); first declension
- (Late Latin) Alternative form of sandala (“type of grain”)
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “scandula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scandula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- scandula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “scandula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers