scomma

From Latin scōmma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔm.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔmma
• Syllabification: scòm‧ma

scomma m (plural scommi)

1. jeer, scoff

• scomma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Ancient Greek σκῶμμα (skômma).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskom.ma/, [ˈs̠kɔmːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskom.ma/, [ˈskɔmːä]

scōmma n (genitive scōmmatis); third declension

1. A teasing, taunting expression
2. A taunt, jeer, scoff

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• Italian: scomma

• “scomma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scomma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• scomma in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016