LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

scabō

scabō (present infinitive scabere, perfect active scābī)
Classical[ˈska.boː]Ecclesiastical[ˈskaː.bo]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto scratch, scrape, abrade

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.scabōscabēbamscabamscābīscāberamscāberō
2nd sg.scabisscabēbāsscabēsscābistīscāberāsscāberis
3rd sg.scabitscabēbatscabetscābitscāberatscāberit
1st pl.scabimusscabēbāmusscabēmusscābimusscāberāmusscāberimus
2nd pl.scabitisscabēbātisscabētisscābistisscāberātisscāberitis
3rd pl.scabuntscabēbantscabentscābērunt
scābēre
scāberantscāberint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.scabamscaberemscāberimscābissem
2nd sg.scabāsscaberēsscāberīsscābissēs
3rd sg.scabatscaberetscāberitscābisset
1st pl.scabāmusscaberēmusscāberīmusscābissēmus
2nd pl.scabātisscaberētisscāberītisscābissētis
3rd pl.scabantscaberentscāberintscābissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.scabe—
pres. 2nd pl.scabite—
fut. 2nd sg.scabitō—
fut. 3rd sg.scabitō—
fut. 2nd pl.scabitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.scabuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivescabere—
perfect infinitivescābisse—
present participlescabēns—
gerundscabendī, scabendō, scabendum

scăbo, scābi (no
I. sup.), 3, v. a. root skap-, skamp; Gr. σκάπτω, to dig; κάπετος, ditch; Lat. scaber, scabies, to scratch, to scrape (syn. rado): caput, Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 6; Hor. S. 1, 10, 71: scaberat ut porcus contritis arbore costis, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 884 P.: aures pedibus posterioribus, Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 260: se, id. 8, 27, 41, § 99; 10, 74, 95, § 204: tellurem, id. 10, 71, 91, § 196: laminas (doliorum), id. 18, 26, 64, § 236.—Prov.: mutuum scabere, i. e. to praise one another, Symm. Ep. 1, 31 init.; Ennod. Ep. 1, 10.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”).

In English words that came into English from scabō

  • scabiesscabiēs
  • scabrousscaber
  • scobsscobs
  • scabiousscabiōsa

Quick answers

What does scabō mean in Latin?
scabō, a verb, means “to scratch, scrape, abrade”.
What are the principal parts of scabō?
scabō, scabere, scābī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce scabō?
In classical Latin, [ˈska.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskaː.bo].
Which English words come from scabō?
English words that go back to Latin scabō include scabies, scabrous, scobs and scabious.