scirpea

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from scirpus (“rush, bullrush”).

Noun

scirpea f (genitive scirpeae); first declension

  1. large basket made of bullrushes

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scirpea scirpeae
Genitive scirpeae scirpeārum
Dative scirpeae scirpeīs
Accusative scirpeam scirpeās
Ablative scirpeā scirpeīs
Vocative scirpea scirpeae

References

  • “scirpea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “scirpea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “scirpea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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