scalprum

English

Etymology

From Latin scalprum.

Noun

scalprum (plural scalpra)

1. A toothed raspatory used in trephining and in removing carious bone.
   • 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:

     After making the incision, the pericranium must be raised a little from the bone with the edge of the knife, to clear the bone, and the scalprum employed.

2. A large strong scalpel.

Latin

Alternative forms

• scalper

Etymology

From scalpō +‎ -rum (instrument-noun-forming suffix).

Noun

scalprum n (genitive scalprī); second declension

1. scraper (tool)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	scalprum	scalpra
genitive	scalprī	scalprōrum
dative	scalprō	scalprīs
accusative	scalprum	scalpra
ablative	scalprō	scalprīs
vocative	scalprum	scalpra

Derived terms

• scalpellum

Descendants

• Catalan: escarpre, escarpra
• French: échoppe
• Galician: escoupro
• Portuguese: escopro
• Spanish: escalplo, escoplo

References

• “scalprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scalprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scalprum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “scalprum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scalprum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin