Scoti

See also: scoti

Latin

Alternative forms

• Scōttī

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Celtic, though the name does not correspond to any known tribes. Another possibility is a non-Indo-European substrate.

According to one theory, the original meaning was “cut off, outcast”, related to scoith (to cut off), from scoth (“point, edge (of weapon)”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”).

See Scoti.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskoː.tiː/, [ˈs̠koːt̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.ti/, [ˈskɔːt̪i]

Noun

Scōtī

1. inflection of Scōtus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Proper noun

Scōtī m pl (genitive Scōtōrum); second declension

1. the Irish; Gaelic-speaking people of Ireland and Scotland

   Chronicon Scotorum

   Chronicle of the Irish

2. the Scots; the Scottish people of northern Britain

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Scōtī
genitive	Scōtōrum
dative	Scōtīs
accusative	Scōtōs
ablative	Scōtīs
vocative	Scōtī

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Scōtia
• Scōticus
• Scōtinus
• Scōtus

Descendants

• English: Scots

References

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