scortea

Latin

Etymology

From scorteus (“made of skin, leather, hides”), from scortum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskor.te.a/, [ˈs̠kɔrt̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskor.te.a/, [ˈskɔrt̪eä]

Noun

scortea f (genitive scorteae); first declension

1. leather
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.629–630:

     scortea nōn illī fās est īnferre sacellō,
     nē violent pūrōs exanimāta focōs.

     It is against divine law to bring leather into that sanctuary,
     for dead matter must not defile pure altars.

2. a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak
3. a leather bag or purse

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scortea	scorteae
Genitive	scorteae	scorteārum
Dative	scorteae	scorteīs
Accusative	scorteam	scorteās
Ablative	scorteā	scorteīs
Vocative	scortea	scorteae

Related terms

• scorteus
• scortum

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: shcoarci
  • Romanian: scoarță
  • → Albanian: shkorsë
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: escorça
  • Occitan: escòrça
• Old French: escorce
  • Middle French: escorce
    • French: écorce
  • Norman: êcorche (Jersey)
  • Middle Dutch: scorce
    • Dutch: schors
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: scuarce
  • Romansch: scorsa
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scorza
  • Neapolitan: scorza
  • Sicilian: scorcia
  • → Arbëresh Albanian: skorcë

References

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