scrupeda

Latin

Etymology

From scrūpipeda, from scrūpus +‎ -i- +‎ pēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

scrūpeda f (genitive scrūpedae); first declension

  1. 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".
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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.
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