scandalum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling”).
Noun
scandalum n (genitive scandalī); second declension
- temptation (to sin)
- stumbling block
- trap
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scandalum | scandala |
| genitive | scandalī | scandalōrum |
| dative | scandalō | scandalīs |
| accusative | scandalum | scandala |
| ablative | scandalō | scandalīs |
| vocative | scandalum | scandala |
Related terms
Descendants
- Russian: скандал (skandal)
References
- scandalum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scandalum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- scandalum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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