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Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skeHt- (“to spring, to leap”) and cognate with Lithuanian skàsti (“to jump, to move around”).[1][2] Note also Latvian skatīt, Proto-Slavic *kotìti, Albanian shkas, Old Armenian ցօղ (cʻōł).
Pronunciation
Verb
scateō (present infinitive scatēre, perfect active scatuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to bubble, flow forth, gush, well, spring
- to be plentiful, abound; to swarm
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*skeHt-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 551
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scatō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543
Further reading
- “scateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scateo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.