scipio

See also: Scipio and Scípio

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. De Vaan tentatively derives the word from Proto-Italic *skeip-, from a Proto-Indo-European *sḱeip-o-, and connects the word to cippus and Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis”).[1] Others derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *skap-, and connect the word to scāpus, scōpa, scopiō, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), English shaft (in addition to cippus, though not शेप (śepa)).

Pronunciation

Noun

scīpiō m (genitive scīpiōnis); third declension

  1. staff, walking stick

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scīpiō scīpiōnēs
genitive scīpiōnis scīpiōnum
dative scīpiōnī scīpiōnibus
accusative scīpiōnem scīpiōnēs
ablative scīpiōne scīpiōnibus
vocative scīpiō scīpiōnēs

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scīpiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545
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