sclopetum

Latin

Etymology

scloppus (“bang”) +‎ -ētum (alternative form of -ittum)

Noun

sclopētum n (genitive sclopētī); second declension

1. (New Latin) rifle
2. (New Latin) gun, firearm (in general)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sclopētum	sclopēta
genitive	sclopētī	sclopētōrum
dative	sclopētō	sclopētīs
accusative	sclopētum	sclopēta
ablative	sclopētō	sclopētīs
vocative	sclopētum	sclopēta

Synonyms

• (firearm): arma ignifera

References

• sclopetum 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)