scapha

See also: Scapha

English

Etymology

From Latin scapha (light boat; skiff).

Noun

scapha (plural scaphae)

  1. (anatomy) The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, light boat, skiff).

Pronunciation

Noun

scapha f (genitive scaphae); first declension

  1. a light boat; skiff

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scapha scaphae
genitive scaphae scaphārum
dative scaphae scaphīs
accusative scapham scaphās
ablative scaphā scaphīs
vocative scapha scaphae

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • scaphula

Descendants

  • Italian: scafa

References

  • scapha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scapha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "scapha", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • scapha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scapha”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers