scortea

From scorteus (“made of skin, leather, hides”), from scortum.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.te.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.t̪e.a]

scortea f (genitive scorteae); first declension

1. leather
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.629–630:

     scortea nōn illī fās est īnferre sacellō,
     nē violent pūrōs exanimāta focōs.

     It is against divine law to bring leather into that sanctuary,
     for dead matter must not defile pure altars.

2. a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak
3. a leather bag or purse

First-declension noun.

• scorteus
• scortum

• “scortea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scortea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.