scopilia

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Latin

Etymology

Likely formed by analogy with quisquilia from scōpa(e) (broom). Attested in the plural in 8th-century glosses.[1]

Noun

scōpīlia f (genitive scōpīliae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. sweepings, refuse

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scōpīlia scōpīliae
genitive scōpīliae scōpīliārum
dative scōpīliae scōpīliīs
accusative scōpīliam scōpīliās
ablative scōpīliā scōpīliīs
vocative scōpīlia scōpīliae

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “scōpīliae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 325