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Latin
Etymology
scortum + -eus
Pronunciation
Adjective
scorteus (feminine scortea, neuter scorteum); first/second-declension adjective
- made of hides or leather; leathern
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “scorteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scorteus” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
- scorteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.