scrupeda

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskruː.pe.da/, [ˈs̠kruːpɛd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskru.pe.da/, [ˈskruːped̪ä]

Noun

scrūpeda f (genitive scrūpedae); first declension

1. hobbling, shambling
   • 120 CE – 180 CE, Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.3.6:

     Favorinus quoque noster, cum Nervulariam Plauti legerem, quae inter incertas habita est, et audisset ex ea comoedia versum hunc: scrattae, scrupedae, strittivillae sordidae, delectatus faceta verborum antiquitate meretricum vitia atque deformitates significantium: "vel unus hercle" inquit "hic versus Plauti esse hanc fabulam satis potest fidei fecisse".

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scrūpeda	scrūpedae
genitive	scrūpedae	scrūpedārum
dative	scrūpedae	scrūpedīs
accusative	scrūpedam	scrūpedās
ablative	scrūpedā	scrūpedīs
vocative	scrūpeda	scrūpedae

References

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