adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
scaber
scaber (feminine scabra, neuter scabrum)
Classical[ˈska.bɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈskaː.ber]
Meaning
- adjectiverough, scabrous
- adjectivescabby, mangy, itchy
‘Parce, precor, scabrāsque manūs ā messibus aufer nēve nocē cultīs: Posse nocēre sat est.’ ‘‘Spare, I pray, and take [your] scabby hands off the harvests, and harm not [the fields] having been cultivated: Being able to harm is enough.’’ (A prayer spoken by the Flamen Quirinalis during the Robigalia to propitiate the deity Robigo or Robigus and prevent agricultural diseases.)
8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.921–922
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er scaber | scabra | scabrum |
| genitive | scabrī | scabrae | scabrī |
| dative | scabrō | scabrae | scabrō |
| accusative | scabrum | scabram | scabrum |
| ablative | scabrō | scabrā | scabrō |
| vocative | scaber | scabra | scabrum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | scabrī | scabrae | scabra |
| genitive | scabrōrum | scabrārum | scabrōrum |
| dative | scabrīs | scabrīs | scabrīs |
| accusative | scabrōs | scabrās | scabra |
| ablative | scabrīs | scabrīs | scabrīs |
| vocative | scabrī | scabrae | scabra |
scăber, bra, brum, adj.,
I. rough, scurfy, scabrous (esp. from uncleanness).
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pectus illuvie scabrum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:
manus, Ov. F. 4, 921: rubigine dentes, id. M. 8, 802: scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses, Luc. 1, 243; Suet. Aug. 79: unguis, Ov. A. A. 3, 276; Cels. 6, 19 fin.: scaber intonsusque homo, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90: tophus, Verg. G. 2, 214; Ov. H. 15, 141: robigo (pilorum), Verg. G. 1, 495 (cf.: scabies et robigo ferri, id. ib. 2, 220): cortex (opp. levis), Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: folia (opp. levia), id. 18, 7, 10, § 58: chartae, Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2: gemma, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 96; 37, 9, 46, § 130: aspectus arboris, id. 12, 25, 54, § 114. —Comp.: arbor myrrhae junipero, Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67.—B. In partic., scabby, mangy, itchy:
oves, Cato, R. R. 96, 2; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140; Col. 7, 3, 10; Pall. 8, 2 Mai: genae, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239.—II. Trop., rough, etc. (post-class.):
versus (sc. veterum poëtarum), Macr. S. 6, 3 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
scaber bra, brum, adj.
2 SCAP-, rough, scurfy, scabrous : pectus inluvie, C. poët.: manus, O.: homo, H.: robigo (pilorum), V.
Origins
From scabō (“to scratch”).
Descendants
- Catalanescabre
- Italianscabro
In English words that came into English from scaber
- scabrousscaber