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scalmus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σκαλμός (skalmós, pin, thole).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scalmus m (genitive scalmī); second declension

  1. thole, oarlock, rowlock

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scalmus scalmī
genitive scalmī scalmōrum
dative scalmō scalmīs
accusative scalmum scalmōs
ablative scalmō scalmīs
vocative scalme scalmī

Descendants

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  • Catalan: escàlem
  • Italian: scalmo, scarmo
  • Occitan: escaume

References

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  • scalmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scalmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scalmus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • scalmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scalmus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers