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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scaphium, from Ancient Greek σκάφιον (skáphion).
Noun
scaphium (plural scaphia)
- (botany) The carina or keel of papilionaceous flowers.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκάφιον (skáphion), deminutive of σκάφη (skáphē, “bowl; skiff”).
Pronunciation
Noun
scaphium n (genitive scaphiī or scaphī); second declension
- pot, bowl etc in the form of a boat
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “scaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scaphium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- scaphium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “scaphium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin