scopilia

Latin

Etymology

Likely formed by analogy with quisquilia from scōpa(e) (“broom”). Attested in the plural in 8th-century glosses.[1]

Noun

scōpīlia f (genitive scōpīliae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. sweepings, refuse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scōpīlia scōpīliae
Genitive scōpīliae scōpīliārum
Dative scōpīliae scōpīliīs
Accusative scōpīliam scōpīliās
Ablative scōpīliā scōpīliīs
Vocative scōpīlia scōpīliae

Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: scoviglia (obsolete)
    • Neapolitan: scupiglia, scopiglia
    • Sicilian: scupigghia
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: équeveilles, écovellies, écovlyë
    • Old French: esquevilles (Old Franc-Comtois)
      • Bourguignon: équeville
      • Champenois: egveilles
      • Franc-Comtois: équevilles, âguevilles
    • Occitan: escobilha
      • →? Ibero-Romance: (in the sense of “refuse from goldsmiths”)

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “scōpīliae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 325
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