scrupeda
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.pe.da/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskru.pe.da/,
Noun
scrūpeda f (genitive scrūpedae); first declension
- hobbling, shambling
- 120 CE – 180 CE, Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.3.6:
- Favorinus quoque noster, cum Nervulariam Plauti legerem, quae inter incertas habita est, et audisset ex ea comoedia versum hunc: scrattae, scrupedae, strittivillae sordidae, delectatus faceta verborum antiquitate meretricum vitia atque deformitates significantium: "vel unus hercle" inquit "hic versus Plauti esse hanc fabulam satis potest fidei fecisse".
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scrūpeda | scrūpedae |
| genitive | scrūpedae | scrūpedārum |
| dative | scrūpedae | scrūpedīs |
| accusative | scrūpedam | scrūpedās |
| ablative | scrūpedā | scrūpedīs |
| vocative | scrūpeda | scrūpedae |
References
- “scrupeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrupeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.