scorteus

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Latin

Etymology

scortum +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

Adjective

scorteus (feminine scortea, neuter scorteum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. made of hides or leather; leathern

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: escuerzo (uncertain)

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.