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Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. De Vaan tentatively derives the word from Proto-Italic *skeip-, from a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeip-o-, and connects the word to cippus and Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis”). Others derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *skap-, and connect the word to scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft (in addition to cippus, though not शेप (śepa)).
Pronunciation
Noun
scīpiō m (genitive scīpiōnis); third declension
- staff, walking stick
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scīpiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545