Scarphea
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σκάρφεια (Skárpheia), alternative form of Σκάρφη (Skárphē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /skarˈpʰeː.a/, [s̠kärˈpʰeːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skarˈfe.a/, [skärˈfɛːä]
Proper noun
[edit]Scarphēa f sg (genitive Scarphēae); first declension
- A town of Locris situated near Thermopylae
- An island in the Aegean Sea
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Scarphēa |
| genitive | Scarphēae |
| dative | Scarphēae |
| accusative | Scarphēam |
| ablative | Scarphēā |
| vocative | Scarphēa |
| locative | Scarphēae |
References
[edit]- “Scarphea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scarphea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Scarphe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly