scabellum

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of scamnum (“stool, ridge”).

Noun

scabellum n (genitive scabellī); second declension

  1. footstool
  2. kind of percussion instrument played by the foot used in the drama

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative scabellum scabella
genitive scabellī scabellōrum
dative scabellō scabellīs
accusative scabellum scabella
ablative scabellō scabellīs
vocative scabellum scabella

Descendants

  • Occitan: escabèl
  • Portuguese: escabelo
  • Sicilian: sgabeddu

References

  • scabellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scabellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scabellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • scabellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • scabellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scabellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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