scorpitis

Latin

Alternative forms
  • scorpītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκορπῖτις (skorpîtis), from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /skorˈpiː.tis/, [s̠kɔrˈpiːt̪ɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skorˈpi.tis/, [skorˈpiːt̪is]

Noun

scorpītis f (genitive scorpītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of gem resembling a scorpion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scorpītis scorpītidēs
Genitive scorpītidis scorpītidum
Dative scorpītidī scorpītidibus
Accusative scorpītidem scorpītidēs
Ablative scorpītide scorpītidibus
Vocative scorpītis scorpītidēs

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