scorpaena

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα (skórpaina), derived from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skorˈpae̯.na/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skorˈpe.na/,

Noun

scorpaena f (genitive scorpaenae); first declension

A scorpionfish.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scorpaena	scorpaenae
genitive	scorpaenae	scorpaenārum
dative	scorpaenae	scorpaenīs
accusative	scorpaenam	scorpaenās
ablative	scorpaenā	scorpaenīs
vocative	scorpaena	scorpaenae

Descendants

Catalan: escórpora
→ French: scorpène
- → English: scorpene
  - English: sculpin
Italian: scorfano, → scorpena
Ligurian: scórpena
Spanish: escorpina
→ Translingual: Scorpaena

References

“scorpaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
scorpaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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